Oxazole-4,5-dicarboxylate derivatives as multifunctional targets against oral cancer and Streptococcus mutans oral

Tamilvelan Manjunathan1, Ajay Guru2

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jain University, Bangalore, India.

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