Recent advances in traditional medicines and dietary supplements

Plant-derived Natural Products: Synthesis, Function, and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 533-546

  Prasain, Jeevan ^a,b   Barnes, Stephen ^c,d  

^a Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Center for Nutrient Gene Interaction   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

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EID: 84920054737     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-85498-4_23     Document Type: Chapter

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