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Natural Product Research
Formerly Natural Product Letters
Volume 23, 2009 - Issue 2
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An antiplasmodial new (bis)indole alkaloid from the hard coral Tubastraea sp.

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Pages 178-182 | Received 11 Jun 2005, Accepted 05 Jan 2006, Published online: 29 Oct 2009

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