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Research Article

Antimalarial Ethnobotany: In Vitro. Antiplasmodial Activity of Seven Plants Identified in the Nigerian Middle Belt

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Pages 588-591 | Accepted 15 Oct 2004, Published online: 07 Oct 2008

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