A review of few essential oils and their anticancer property

International Journal of Shoulder Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Timsina, Bibechana ^a   Shukla, Megha ^a   Nadumane, Varalakshmi Kilingar ^a  

^a JAIN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Clove oil; coconut oil; olive oil; palm oil; soybean oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873353507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09736042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2229-5119.96948     Document Type: Review

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