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Bioactive constituents from Croton sparsiflorus Morong

Durre ShahwarResearch Lab. II, Department of Chemistry, Government College University, Lahore54000, PakistanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Naeem AhmadResearch Lab. II, Department of Chemistry, Government College University, Lahore54000, Pakistan
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Asma YasmeenResearch Lab. II, Department of Chemistry, Government College University, Lahore54000, Pakistan
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Muhammad Akmal KhanResearch Lab. II, Department of Chemistry, Government College University, Lahore54000, Pakistan
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Sami UllahResearch Lab. II, Department of Chemistry, Government College University, Lahore54000, Pakistan;Department of Chemistry, University of Gujrat, Hafiz Hayat Campus, Gujrat50911, Pakistan
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Rahman Atta-urHEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, International Center for Chemical Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi75270, Pakistan
Pages 274-276 | Received 22 Apr 2014, Accepted 19 Jul 2014, Published online: 12 Aug 2014

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