A double knockout against malaria
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Potent in vivo anti-malaria activity of Goniothalamin against rodent malaria parasite infection in mice
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عنوان ژورنال: Science-Business eXchange
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1945-3477
DOI: 10.1038/scibx.2009.1164