Preliminary qualitative screening for cancer chemopreven- tive agents in Telfairia occidentalis Hook.f., Gnetum afri- canum Welw., Gongronema latifolium Benth. and Ocimum gratissimum L. from Nigeria
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Correspondence to: Emeka E.J. Iweala, Department of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit, Covenant University, P.M.B 1023, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. Email: [email protected] Full Paper Preliminary qualitative screening for cancer chemopreventive agents in Telfairia occidentalis Hook.f., Gnetum africanum Welw., Gongronema latifolium Benth. and Ocimum gratissimum L. from Nigeria
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