Acute Toxicity, Brine Shrimp Lethality and Phytochemical Screening of Lannea schimperi and Searsia longipes
Subject Areas : Journal of Chemical Health Risks
Musa Chacha
1
(Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania)
Nicolaus Mbugi
2
(Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania)
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