Antimicrobial natural products from Plectranthus plants
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P. Rijo*, C.Faustino and M. Fátima Simões iMed.UL Research Institute for Medicines and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal CBios Research Centre for Health Sciences & Technologies (Pharmacology and Therapeutics Lab), Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal
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