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Ki Hyun Kim1, Sang Un Choi, Ki Moon Park

  • 1Natural Products Laboratory, College of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, 300 Chonchondong, Jangan-ku, Suwon, 440-746, Korea.

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