Special Issue "Plant Extracts: Biological and Pharmacological Activity"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Naples, Italy.
² Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health-Neurofarba-Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy.

Editorial

Raffaele Capasso et al. Molecules. 2020.

. 2020 Nov 4;25(21):5131.

doi: 10.3390/molecules25215131.

¹ Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80055 Portici, Naples, Italy.
² Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health-Neurofarba-Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy.

Abstract

The use of plant extracts for therapeutic purposes knows a wide diffusion [...].

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