Acute oral toxicity study of Mystroxylon aethiopicum root bark aqueous extract in albino mice
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medicinal Plants Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1996-0875
DOI: 10.5897/jmpr2016.6245