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Formerly Natural Product Letters
Volume 35, 2021 - Issue 23
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Trypanocidal activity of South American Vernonieae (Asteraceae) extracts and its sesquiterpene lactones

Andrea Sosaa Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina;b CCT – CONICET – TUCUMAN, Tucumán, ArgentinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Efraín Salamanca Capusiric Instituto de Investigaciones Fármaco Bioquímicas, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, BoliviaView further author information
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Susana Amayaa Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, ArgentinaView further author information
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Alicia Bardóna Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, ArgentinaView further author information
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Alberto Giménez-Turbac Instituto de Investigaciones Fármaco Bioquímicas, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, BoliviaView further author information
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Nancy Veraa Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, ArgentinaView further author information
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Susana Borkoskya Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, ArgentinaView further author information
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Pages 5224-5228 | Received 07 Dec 2019, Accepted 29 Feb 2020, Published online: 17 Mar 2020

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