ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY LEAF EXTRACTS OF STRYCHNOS NUX VOMICA L. - A MEMBER OF LOGANIACEAE
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عنوان ژورنال: Kongunadu Research Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2349-2694
DOI: 10.26524/krj145