Stability of barakol under hydrolytic stress conditions and its major degradation product

Boonrat Chantong1, Supim Wongtongtair, Punnee Nusuetrong

  • 1Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Mahidol University, Nakornpathom, Thailand.

Planta Medica
|January 16, 2009
PubMed

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