An Inventory of Ethnomedicinal Plants Used in Tunisia

Ethnomedicinal Plants: Revitalization of Traditional Knowledge of Herbs

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 333-360

  Wahida, Borgi ^a   Amor, Mahmoud ^a   Nabil, Chouchane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

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DOI: 10.1201/b10495-15     Document Type: Chapter

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