Are medicinal plants polluted with phthalates?

DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Saeidnia, Soodabeh ^a   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER;

ABSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTEMIA SALINA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CROP; GENITAL MALFORMATION; LAMINARIA JAPONICA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT LEAF; PONGAMIA PINNATA; PREGNANCY; RADISH; REVIEW; SEEDLING; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA; WHEAT; WHITE SPOT SYNDROME VIRUS;

EID: 84878590781     PISSN: 15608115     EISSN: 20082231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2008-2231-21-43     Document Type: Review

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