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Yong Zhang1, Pingyao Xie1, Xiuchun Guo1,2

  • 11 Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Pharmaceutical College, Henan University , Kaifeng, China .

Journal of Medicinal Food
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PubMed

Keywords:
Myristica fragranscoagulation activityα-glucosidase inhibitory activity

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