Phytochemical screening of Meconopsis aculeata royle an important medicinal plant of Kashmir Himalaya: A perspective

Research Journal of Phytochemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-9

  Ahmad, Mudasar ^a   Kaloo, Zahoor A ^a   Ganai, Bashir A ^a   Ganaie, Hilal A ^a   Singh, Seema ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Analysis; Meconopsis; Phytochemical; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952939449     PISSN: 18193471     EISSN: 21516081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjphyto.2016.1.9     Document Type: Article

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