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Screening of Indian plants for biological activity: Part XII.
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Three hundred botanically identified plant materials have been extracted with 50% ethanol and the extracts put through a wide biological screen, finding biological activities have been confirmed in fractions of fifty-six of these extracts.Abstract:
Three hundred botanically identified plant materials have been extracted with 50% ethanol and the extracts put through a wide biological screen. These include tests for antibacterial, anticancer, antifertility, antifungal, anthelminthic, antiprotozoal, antiviral and pharmacological activities. Biological activities have been confirmed in fractions of fifty-six of these extracts.read more
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