Properties of biological activity of ten wild almond (Prunus amygdalus L.) species

Turkish Journal of Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-209

  Jahanban Esfahlan, Ali ^a   Jamei, Rashid ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biological activity; Species; Wild almonds

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84857487325     PISSN: 13000152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/biy-1101-174     Document Type: Article

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