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Research Articles

Cytotoxic, genotoxic and mutagenic evaluation of Alibertia edulis (rich.) a. Rich. ex DC: an indigenous species from Brazil

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Pages 200-207 | Received 10 Apr 2018, Accepted 10 Jun 2018, Published online: 25 Jul 2018

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