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Design and synthesis of new adamantyl-substituted antileishmanial ether phospholipids

Ioannis Papanastasiou1, Kyriakos C Prousis, Kalliopi Georgikopoulou

  • 1Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Athens, Panepistimioupoli-Zografou, Athens 15771, Greece.

Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
|August 20, 2010
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