Phytomedicine
Volume 14 , Pages 32-39 , 5 March 2007

Mass spectroscopic characterisation of oligomeric proanthocyanidins derived from an extract of Pelargonium sidoides roots (EPs® 7630) and pharmacological screening in CNS models

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.11.019

Phytomedicine
Volume 14 , Pages 32-39 , 5 March 2007

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