Screening of potential medicinal plants from district sawat specific for controlling women diseases

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1193-1198

  Sarwat, ^a   Shinwari, Zabta Khan ^a   Ahmad, Nisar ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BERBERIS; BERBERIS LYCIUM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CURCUMA LONGA; ERYTHRINA VARIEGATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FICUS RELIGIOSA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LYCIUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUERCUS DILATATA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOODFORDIA; WOODFORDIA FRUTICOSA; ZANTHOXYLUM; ZANTHOXYLUM ALATUM;

EID: 84865698817     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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