Effect of microbial load on therapeutically active constituent glycyrrhizin of Glycyrrhiza glabra L.

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 319-324

  Agarwal, Manisha ^b   Rai, Vartika ^b   Khatoon, Sayyada ^a   Mehrotra, Shanta ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CSIR National Botanical Research Institute ^*

Author keywords

Glycyrrhizin; Herbal drugs; HPTLC; Liquorice; Microbial contamination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898426382     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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