Scientific Research and Essays

  • Abbreviation: Sci. Res. Essays
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1992-2248
  • DOI: 10.5897/SRE
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2768

Full Length Research Paper

Proposition of a low cost field assay to determine antiproliferative properties of indigenous plants using Dugesia dorotocephala (brown planaria)

Florence Dushimemaria
  • Florence Dushimemaria
  • Science, Technology and Innovation Division, Multidisciplinary Research Center, University of Namibia, Private Bag 13301, 340 Mandume Ndemufayo Avenue, Pionierspark. Windhoek, Namibia.
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Davis R. Mumbengegwi
  • Davis R. Mumbengegwi
  • Science, Technology and Innovation Division, Multidisciplinary Research Center, University of Namibia, Private Bag 13301, 340 Mandume Ndemufayo Avenue, Pionierspark. Windhoek, Namibia.
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  •  Received: 08 September 2014
  •  Accepted: 18 February 2015
  •  Published: 28 February 2015

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