Pharmacological Activity of Saikosaponins

Bupleurum Species: Scientific Evaluation and Clinical Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 151-158

  Byung Zun, Ahn ^a   Dai Eun, Sok ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

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