Anti-trypanosomal activity of pentacyclic triterpenes isolated from Austroplenckia populnea (Celastraceae)
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0036-4665
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652002000200010