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Research Article

Structural elucidation and evaluation of toxicity and antitumor activity of cardiac glycosides isolated from Leptadenia pyrotechnica

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Pages 826-834 | Received 22 Jan 2008, Accepted 19 May 2008, Published online: 27 Aug 2009

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