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Volume 35, 2021 - Issue 24
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Bioactive metabolites of hass and reed avocados targeting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin-like X via molecular modeling and cytotoxicity assessments

Inas Youssef Younisa Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, EgyptORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3084-0161
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Mohamed Saeed Hifnawya Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Seham Salaheldin El-Hawarya Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Mahitab Helmi El Bishbishyb Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA), Giza, EgyptCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sawsan Youssef Elateekc Genetic Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, EgyptORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3156-2132
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Pages 6040-6044 | Received 10 Jul 2020, Accepted 14 Aug 2020, Published online: 11 Sep 2020

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