‘Helencha’ (Enhydra fluctuans Lour.): A brief overview

Subject Areas : Phytochemistry: Isolation, Purification, Characterization

Lutfun Nahar ¹ , Satyajit D. Sarker ²

1 - Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR & Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
2 - Centre for Natural Products Discovery (CNPD), School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, United Kingdom

Received: 2022-01-14 Accepted : 2022-01-14 Published : 2022-05-01

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