Gastrointestinal and hepatoprotective effects of ocimum sanctum L: Syn (Holy Basil or Tulsi). Validation of the ethnomedicinal observation

Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 325-335

  Baliga, M S ^a,b   Shivashankara, A R ^a   Azmidah, A ^a   Sunitha, V ^a   Palatty, P L ^a  

^a FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-397154-8.00039-7     Document Type: Chapter

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