‘African potato’ (Hypoxis hemerocallidea corm): a plant‐medicine for modern and 21st century diseases of mankind? – a review

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Phytotherapy Research

• Publication date

  2009-02-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/ptr.2595PMID 18693293
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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