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Hua-Yu Xu1, Yun Du, Wen-Jing Qian

  • 1State Pharmacoeia Commission of China, Beijing 100050, China. xuhuayu@chp.org.cn

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi = Zhongguo Zhongyao Zazhi = China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
|February 24, 2006
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