Investigation of stability of korean ginseng in herbal drug product

American Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 160-170

  Babiker, Latifa Bashir ^a   Gadkariem, Elrasheed Ahmed ^b   Alashban, Riyadh Mohammed ^c   Aljohar, Haya Ibrahim ^a  

^a Drug Laboratories Food and Drug Authority   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c Dental Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Activation energy; Determination; Elements; Ginsenosides Rg1 and Rb1; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891468021     PISSN: 15469239     EISSN: 15543641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajassp.2014.160.170     Document Type: Article

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