Nitrogen-containing phorbol esters from Croton ciliatoglandulifer and their effects on cyclooxygenases-1 and -2

María Yolanda Rios1, A Berenice Aguilar-Guadarrama

  • 1Centro de Investigaciones Químicas de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Avenida Universidad 1001, Chamilpa 62210, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. myolanda@uaem.mx

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