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Natural Product Research
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SHORT COMMUNICATION

Effects of lycopene from guava (Psidium guajava L.) derived products on breast cancer cells

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Pages 1405-1408 | Received 17 Jun 2020, Accepted 17 Jan 2021, Published online: 28 Feb 2021

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