Chemical composition of the essential oil of Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Réunion
✍ Scribed by Robert Vera
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 230 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0882-5734
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