Phomopsols A and B from the Mangrove Endophytic Fungus Phomopsis sp. xy21: Structures, Neuroprotective Effects, and

Wan-Shan Li1, Han-Bo Hu2, Zhong-Hui Huang1

  • 1School of Pharmaceutical Sciences , Southern Medical University , 1838 Guangzhou Avenue North , Guangzhou 510515 , P. R. China.

Organic Letters
|September 19, 2019
PubMed

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