Phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of spilanthes acmella: A review

Advances in Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dubey, Suchita ^a   Maity, Siddhartha ^b   Singh, Mahendra ^a   Saraf, Shubhini A ^a   Saha, Sudipta ^a  

^a BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 84893719169     PISSN: 16876334     EISSN: 16876342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/423750     Document Type: Review

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