Climbing Black Pepper (Piper guineense) Seeds as an Antisickling Remedy

Nuts and Seeds in Health and Disease Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 333-343

  Ameh, Sunday J ^a   Obodozie, Obiageri O ^a   Inyang, Uford S ^a   Abubakar, Mujitaba S ^b   Garba, Magaji ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375688-6.10040-4     Document Type: Chapter

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