Quality control of herbs: Principles and procedures, using panax as an example

Current Review Of Chinese Medicine: Quality Control Of Herbs And Herbal Material

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 87-115

  Lau, Aik Jiang ^a   Koh, Hwee Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Herbal Medicine; Notoginseng; Panax species; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016360013     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812774019_0006     Document Type: Chapter

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