Studies on folk medicinal fern: An example of Gu-Sui-Bu

Working with Ferns: Issues and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 285-304

  Chang, Hung Chi ^a   Gupta, Sushim Kumar ^a   Tsay, Hsin Sheng ^a  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7162-3_21     Document Type: Chapter

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