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Research Article

Isolation, structural elucidation of flavonoid constituents from Leptadenia pyrotechnica and evaluation of their toxicity and antitumor activity

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Pages 539-552 | Received 12 Feb 2008, Accepted 29 Feb 2008, Published online: 01 Jun 2009

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