Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2017 (2017), Article ID 4269868, 12 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4269868
Review Article
Fraxinus: A Plant with Versatile Pharmacological and Biological Activities
1Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab 38000, Pakistan
2Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Sargodha, Punjab 40100, Pakistan
Correspondence should be addressed to Azhar Rasul; moc.liamg@lusarrahzard
Received 31 August 2017; Revised 24 October 2017; Accepted 7 November 2017; Published 27 November 2017
Academic Editor: Rainer W. Bussmann
Copyright © 2017 Iqra Sarfraz et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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