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Clinically useful anticancer, antitumor, and antiwrinkle agent, ursolic acid and related derivatives as medicinally important natural product

Pages 616-642 | Received 04 Jul 2010, Accepted 07 Dec 2010, Published online: 22 Mar 2011

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