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Volume 25, 2011 - Issue 6
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Research Articles

Comparative volatile oil composition of four Ocimum species from northern India

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Pages 569-575 | Received 28 Feb 2010, Accepted 31 Mar 2010, Published online: 14 Mar 2011

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