Back to Nature: Extinction of Medicinal Plants Threatens Drug Discovery
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Drug discovery from medicinal plants.
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عنوان ژورنال: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0027-8874,1460-2105
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn199