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Volume 26, 2012 - Issue 12
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Research Articles

Comparison of antimicrobial activities of naphthoquinones from Impatiens balsamina

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Pages 1119-1124 | Received 07 Oct 2010, Accepted 26 Dec 2010, Published online: 06 Sep 2011

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