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Hai-Yan Wu1, Yu Sheng1, Xue-Qin Kan1

  • 1a Key Laboratory of Chemistry in Ethnic Medicinal Resources, State Ethnic Affairs Commission & Ministry of Education , Yunnan Minzu University , Kunming 650500 , China.

Journal of Asian Natural Products Research
|December 30, 2016
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Keywords:
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