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Antipyretic and Analgesic Activities of Some Economically Important Woody Plants

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This chapter describes antipyretic and analgesic activities of trees like Brachychiton populneus, Ceiba speciosa, Eucalyptus citriodora, Murraya exotica, Pinus roxbrghii, Pterospermum acerifolium, Putranjiva roxburghii, Salix babylonica, Salix tetrasperma, Tectona grandis, and Zizyphus mauritiana.

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Khan, A.S. (2017). Antipyretic and Analgesic Activities of Some Economically Important Woody Plants. In: Medicinally Important Trees. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56777-8_7

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