Neuroprotective Potential of Secondary Metabolites from Melicope lunu-ankenda (Rutaceae)

Zeinab Abdulwanis Mohamed1, Enas Mohamed Eliaser1,2, Emanuela Mazzon3

  • 1Laboratory of Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.

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