Medicinal Plants and Herbal Products From Brazil: How Can We Improve Quality?

Front Pharmacol

Centro Especializado em Plantas Aromáticas, Medicinais e Tóxicas (CEPLAMT), Museu de História Natural e Jardim Botânico, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Published: January 2021

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