Biological activities of essential oils from the genus Ferula (Apiaceae)

Asian Biomedicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 835-847

  Sahebkar, Amirhossein ^a   Iranshahi, Mehrdad ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apiaceae; Essential oil; Ferula

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856133446     PISSN: 19057415     EISSN: 1875855X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/abm-2010-0110     Document Type: Review

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