Seasonal variation in some medicinal and biochemical ingredients in Mentha Longifolia (L.) huds

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages 69-77

  Ahmad, Iftikhar ^a   Ahmad, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel ^b   Ashraf, Muhammad ^b,c   Hussain, Mumtaz ^b   Ashraf, Muhammad Yasin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

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