Prospects of brassinosteroids in medicinal applications

Brassinosteroids: A Class of Plant Hormone

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 439-458

  Bhardwaj, R ^a   Arora, N ^a   Uppal, P ^a   Sharma, I ^a   Kanwar, M K ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Antiviral; Brassinosteroids; Medicines

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899810009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0189-2_17     Document Type: Chapter

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