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Research Article

Antidiabetic Effect of an Active Fraction Extracted from Dragon's Blood (Dracaena Cochinchinensis)

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Pages 136-139 | Received 10 Oct 2007, Accepted 07 Nov 2007, Published online: 20 Oct 2008

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