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Investigation of antiplasmodial efficacy of lupeol and ursolic acid isolated from Ficus benjamina leaves extract

Amandeep SinghDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, IKG Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala, India; ;Department of Pharmacognosy, Khalsa College of Pharmacy, Amritsar, India; Correspondence[email protected]
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Hayat Mohammad MukhtarDepartment of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, SBS College of Pharmacy, Tarn Taran, India;
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Hardeep KaurPG Department of Chemistry, Khalsa College Amritsar, Punjab, India
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Lakhvir KaurDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Khalsa College of Pharmacy, Amritsar, India;
Pages 2514-2517 | Received 31 May 2018, Accepted 22 Oct 2018, Published online: 02 Jan 2019

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