CHOLINOMIMETIC EFFECTS OF AQUEOUS EXTRACTS FROM Carum copticum SEEDS
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Pharmacology
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0007-1188
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1974.tb09732.x