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The identification of certain “medicinal” plant families

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  1. Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, and Department of Botany, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, R.I.

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  1. A. H. der Marderosian
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This study supported in part by grant MH-D6511, National Institutes of Mental Health, PHS, Bethesda, Md.

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der Marderosian, A.H., Hauke, R.L. & Youngken, H.W. The identification of certain “medicinal” plant families. Econ Bot 18, 158–163 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02862712

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