Ligustilide: Guiding Component for Preparations of Levisticum officinale Roots.

Planta Med

Institut für Pharmakognosie und Phytochemie der FU Berlin, Königin-Luise-Straße 2 u. 4, D-1000 Berlin 33 (West).

Published: December 1989

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