African potato (Hypoxis hemerocallidea): a systematic review of its chemistry, pharmacology and ethno medicinal properties
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2662-7671
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-020-02956-x