African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12488

Full Length Research Paper

Isolation of ursolic acid from the leaves of Ocimum lamiifolium collected from Addis Ababa Area, Ethiopia

Girma Birhanu
  • Girma Birhanu
  • Department of Chemistry, College of Natural and Computetional Science, Bule Hora University, Bule Hora, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 02 August 2018
  •  Accepted: 07 September 2018
  •  Published: 29 February 2020

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