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Phytochemical profiling, antioxidant, enzyme inhibition and cytotoxic potential of Bougainvillea glabra flowers

Hammad SaleemSchool of Pharmacy, Monash University, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; ;Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (IPS), University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (UVAS), Lahore, Pakistan;
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Thet Thet HtarSchool of Pharmacy, Monash University, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia;
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Rakesh NaiduJeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia;
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Gokhan ZenginDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey;
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Irshad AhmadDepartment of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan;
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Nafees AhemadSchool of Pharmacy, Monash University, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; ;Tropical Medicine and Biology Multidisciplinary Platform, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, MalaysiaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 2602-2606 | Received 17 Sep 2018, Accepted 29 Oct 2018, Published online: 02 Jan 2019

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