Revisiting terminalia arjuna-an ancient cardiovascular drug

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 224-231

  Dwivedi, Shridhar ^a   Chopra, Deepti ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cardiovascular disorders; Coronary prevention; Flavonoids; Terminalia arjuna; Triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908451667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22254110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2225-4110.139103     Document Type: Article

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