Alfalfa the bountiful leading crop of all times' ecologies: Emerging biopharm and medicinal implications

Alfalfa and Clovers: Properties, Medicinal Uses and Health Benefits

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 115-128

  Nikkhah, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Biopharming; Health; Medicine; Pharmaceutical; Plant; Protein; Seed

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EID: 84865243798     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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