CITES and the sustainable management of Swietenia macrophylla King
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Biological activities and phytochemicals of Swietenia macrophylla King.
Swietenia macrophylla King (Meliaceae) is an endangered and medicinally important plant indigenous to tropical and subtropical regions of the World. S. macrophylla has been widely used in folk medicine to treat various diseases. The review reveals that limonoids and its derivatives are the major constituents of S. macrophylla. There are several data in the literature indicating a great variety ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0024-4074
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1996.tb02065.x