Hypoglyceamic activity of Alstonia boonei stem bark extract in mice
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عنوان ژورنال: Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2151-7517,2151-7525
DOI: 10.5251/abjna.2013.4.1.1.5