Nutraceuticals: Ayurveda's perspective

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 680, Issue , 2005, Pages 131-136

  Rani, Yogita ^a   Sharma, N K ^a  

^a RANBAXY RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (India)

Author keywords

Chyawanprash; Phytomedicine; Rasayana; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879907626     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.680.19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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