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Screening of Mexican Medicinal Plants for Antiprotozoal Activity

F. Calzada 1Unidad de Investigacion Medica en Farmacologia de Productos Naturales, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
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M. Meckes 2Unidad de Investigacion Medica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Hospital de Pediatria, Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI IMSS, Mexico
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R. Cedillo-Rivera 2Unidad de Investigacion Medica en Enfermedades Infecciosas y Parasitarias, Hospital de Pediatria, Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI IMSS, Mexico
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A. Tapia-Contreras 1Unidad de Investigacion Medica en Farmacologia de Productos Naturales, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
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R. Mata 3Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Quimica and Unidad de Plantas Medicinales, Instituto de Quimica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Coyoacan, Mexico
Pages 305-309 | Published online: 29 Sep 2008

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