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Honey Collected from Different Floras of Chandigarh Tricity: A Comparative Study Involving Physicochemical Parameters and Biochemical Activities

Pradeep Kumar Pradeep Kumar, Rakesh K. Sindhu, and Inderbir Singh are affiliated with the Key Laboratory for Advanced Phytochemical Screening, Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Rajpura, Patiala, Punjab, India.Correspondence[email protected]
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Rakesh K. Sindhu Pradeep Kumar, Rakesh K. Sindhu, and Inderbir Singh are affiliated with the Key Laboratory for Advanced Phytochemical Screening, Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Rajpura, Patiala, Punjab, India.
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Shridhar Narayan Shridhar Narayan is affiliated with the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
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Inderbir Singh Pradeep Kumar, Rakesh K. Sindhu, and Inderbir Singh are affiliated with the Key Laboratory for Advanced Phytochemical Screening, Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Rajpura, Patiala, Punjab, India.
Pages 303-313 | Published online: 29 Sep 2010

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