Medicinal Plants in the Treatment of Hypertension: A Review

Raha Kamyab ¹ , Hossein Namdar ², Mohammadali Torbati ³ * , Morteza Ghojazadeh ⁴, Mostafa Araj-Khodaei ^1,5, Seyyed Mohammad Bagher Fazljou ¹ *

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