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Xuan-Hao Li1, Jin-Song Su1, Xiu-Hua Liu1

  • 1Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Chengdu 611137,China.

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi = Zhongguo Zhongyao Zazhi = China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
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PubMed

Keywords:
Pterocephalus hookeriTibetan medicinebitter taste receptorshomology modelingmolecular docking

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