Are by-products from beeswax recycling process a new promising source of bioactive compounds with biomedical

Francesca Giampieri1, José L Quiles2, Francisco J Orantes-Bermejo3

  • 1Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Ranieri 65, Ancona, 60131, Italy.

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