‘Thankuni’ [Centella asiatica (L.) Urban]: When food is medicine

Subject Areas : Phytochemistry: Isolation, Purification, Characterization

Lutfun Nahar ¹ ( Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Institute of Experimental Botany ASCR & Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic )
Satyajit D. Sarker 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: 2021-09-15 Accepted : 2021-09-15 Published : 2021-09-01

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