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Free radical-scavenging activities of Homalium species – An endangered medicinal plant of Eastern Ghats of India

Ajay Kumar MahapatraMedicinal & Aromatic Plant Division, Phytotherapy Research Laboratory, Forest & Environmental Department, Regional Plant Resource Centre, Govt. of Odisha, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar751015, Odisha, India
,
Sweta Smita Pani
&
Atish Kumar SahooCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
Pages 2112-2116 | Received 06 Aug 2014, Accepted 07 Nov 2014, Published online: 10 Dec 2014

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