Essential Oil from Chenopodium ambrosioides as a Promising Antileishmanial Agent
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Combined effect of the essential oil from Chenopodium ambrosioides and antileishmanial drugs on promastigotes of Leishmania amazonensis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Natural Product Communications
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1934-578X,1555-9475
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0700201214