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Volume 24, 2010 - Issue 16
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Polyketides from Eleutherine bulbosa

Francesca R. Gallo Dipartimento del Farmaco, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, V. le Regina Elena 299, I-00161 Rome, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Giovanna Palazzino Dipartimento del Farmaco, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, V. le Regina Elena 299, I-00161 Rome, Italy
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Elena Federici Dipartimento del Farmaco, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, V. le Regina Elena 299, I-00161 Rome, Italy
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Raffaella Iurilli Dipartimento del Farmaco, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, V. le Regina Elena 299, I-00161 Rome, Italy
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Corrado Galeffi Dipartimento del Farmaco, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, V. le Regina Elena 299, I-00161 Rome, Italy
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Kusamba Chifundera Institut Supérieur d’Ecologie pour la Conservation de la Nature, Lwiro, P.O. Box 293 Cyangugu, Rwanda
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Marcello Nicoletti Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Università degli Studi ‘Sapienza’, P.le Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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Pages 1578-1586 | Received 10 Feb 2009, Accepted 07 Jun 2010, Published online: 09 Sep 2010

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