Variations in phenolics, antioxidant and antifungal activities among different parts of selected medicinal plants

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 705-712

  Naseer, Rehana ^a   Sultana, Bushra ^c   Anwar, Farooq ^b   Mehmood, Zahed ^a   Mushtaq, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^c NONE

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EID: 84896483903     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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