Biotechnological approaches to aphrodisiac plants of Rajasthan, India

Desert Plants: Biology and Biotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 479-495

  Jain, Neelam ^a   Goyal, Shaily ^a   Ramawat, Kishan Gopal ^a  

^a M L SUKHADIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 84920099597     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02550-1_22     Document Type: Chapter

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