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Evaluation of antispasmodic activity of different Shodhit guggul using different shodhan process

Rachana Kamble1, Sadhana Sathaye, D P Shah

  • 1University Institute of Chemical Technology, N. Parekh Marg, Matunga, Mumbai-400 019, India.

Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
|January 5, 2010
PubMed

Keywords:
Antispasmodiccharcoal transitguggulisolated ileum

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