Screening of Zulu medicinal plants for prostaglandin-synthesis inhibitors
✍ Scribed by Anna K. Jäger; Anne Hutchings; Johannes van Staden
- Book ID
- 116135947
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 364 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-8741
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