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M R Farias1, E P Schenkel, R Mayer

  • 1From Farias, M. R. (1991) Thesis, Universität Bonn, Germany. New address: Departamento de Ciencias Farmaceuticas do Centro de Ciencias da Saude da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC, Campus Universitáario, Trindade, 88.049 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

Planta Medica
|June 1, 1993
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