Antibacterial and COX-1 inhibitory effect of medicinal plants from the pamir mountains, afghanistan

Plants

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 74-81

  Jeppesen, Anne S ^a   Soelberg, Jens ^a   Jäger, Anna K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Antibacterial; COX; Medicinal plants; Pamir

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928350833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22237747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/plants1020074     Document Type: Article

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