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Natural Product Research
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Volume 25, 2011 - Issue 20
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Antioxidant and antibacterial activity of six edible wild plants (Sonchus spp.) in China

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Pages 1893-1901 | Received 14 Sep 2009, Accepted 12 Aug 2010, Published online: 28 Jul 2011

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