Phytochemicals, antibacterial and antioxidative investigations of alhagi maurorum medik

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 121-124

  Ahmad, Nisar ^a   Shinwari, Zabta Khan ^b   Hussain, Javid ^c   Perveen, Razia ^a  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NIZWA   (Oman)

Author keywords

Alhagi maurorum; Antibacterial activities; Antioxidant activities; Drug findings; Preliminary phytochemical evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923176660     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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