Anticonvulsant activity of raw and classically processed Vacha (Acorus calamus Linn.) rhizomes
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عنوان ژورنال: AYU (An International Quarterly Journal of Research in Ayurveda)
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0974-8520
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8520.100328