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Microbial transformation of the anti-diabetic agent corosolic acid

Xu Feng1, Dai-Ping Li, Ze-Sheng Zhang

  • 1a Navy Medical Research Institute , No. 880 Xiangying Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200433 , P.R. China.

Natural Product Research
|September 6, 2014
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Cochliobolus lunatusStreptomyces asparaginoviolaceusanti-diabeticbiotransformationcorosolic acidtriterpenoid

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