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Thiago Moreira da Silva1, Carlos Danniel Pinheiro1, Patricia Puccinelli Orlandi2

  • 1Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa da Amazônia, Coordenação de Tecnologia e Inovação, Av. André Araújo - 2936 - Petrópolis, Manaus, Amazonas, 69067-375, Brazil.

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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