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Received: 02 Sep 2025 | Revised: 25 Sep 2025 | Accepted: 25 Sep 2025 | Published: 21 Oct 2025

Abstract

Keywords

DNA barcoding | chemical profiling | morphological analysis | authentication | Ocimum

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