Natural products as lead compounds in drug discovery
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Natural products in drug discovery.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Asian Natural Products Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1028-6020,1477-2213
DOI: 10.1080/10286020.2013.798314