Toxicity of Ayurveda medicines and safety concerns: The need to revive the branch of toxicology in Ayurveda.

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Director and Chief Scientific Officer, AVP Research Foundation, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. E-mail:

Published: March 2015

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