A REVIEW ON SYZIGIUM CUMINI
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India is the treasure of the medicinal plants many therapeutic properties of the medicinal plant along with the vegetables and fruits is mentioned in the ancient literature. It’s unfortunate not to have scientific evidence to those literature. The present paper is an attempt to provide the review of the scientific evidence of on such plant Syzigium cumini a complete profile is presented in the present article.
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