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. 2014 Feb;9(1):1-2.
doi: 10.17795/jjnpp-16700. Epub 2014 Feb 20.

Saffron: a herbal medicine of third millennium

Hossein Hosseinzadeh  1
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Saffron: a herbal medicine of third millennium

Hossein Hosseinzadeh. Jundishapur J Nat Pharm Prod. 2014 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: Crocus; Herbal Medicine; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action.

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