Phytomedicine
Volume 14 , Pages 9-17 , 5 March 2007

Fascinating metabolic pools of Pelargonium sidoides and Pelargonium reniforme, traditional and phytomedicinal sources of the herbal medicine Umckaloabo®

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Phytomedicine
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