Some southern African plant species used to treat helminth infections in ethnoveterinary medicine have excellent antifungal activities
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Some southern African plant species used to treat helminth infections in ethnoveterinary medicine have excellent antifungal activities
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1472-6882
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-12-213