Artemisia herba alba: A popular plant with potential medicinal properties

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 1152-1159

  Moufid, Abderrahmane ^a   Eddouks, Mohamed ^a  

^a not available   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Artemisia herba alba; Ethnopharmacology; Phytochemistry; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875025285     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2012.1152.1159     Document Type: Article

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