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Ana Cecília Bezerra Carvalho1, Lívia Santos Ramalho1, Robelma France de Oliveira Marques1

  • 1Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, Coordenação de Medicamentos Fitoterápicos e Dinamizados, SIA, Trecho 5, Área especial 57, Bloco A/B, 71.200-980 Brasília-DF, Brazil.

Journal of Ethnopharmacology
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