On Frankincense (Olibanum, Boswellia spp., Burseraceae)
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A thin-layer chromatography method for the identification of three different olibanum resins (Boswellia serrata, Boswellia papyrifera and Boswellia carterii, respectively, Boswellia sacra).
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عنوان ژورنال: Arhiv za farmaciju
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0004-1963,2217-8767
DOI: 10.5937/arhfarm71-29280