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Research Article

A Ribosome-Inactivating Protein Principle from Hairy Roots and Seeds of Luffa cylindrica (L) Roem and its Cytotoxicity on Melanotic and Amelanotic Melanoma Cell Lines

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Pages 212-214 | Published online: 29 Sep 2008

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