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Antibacterial and antioxidant activity of naphthofuranquinones from the twigs of tropical mangrove Avicennia officinalis

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Pages 2403-2406 | Received 30 Aug 2018, Accepted 16 Oct 2018, Published online: 02 Jan 2019

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