Medicinal plants: source of new lead compounds in therapeutics

  • Melva Louisa Deputy Editor of Medical Journal of Indonesia Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13181/mji.v22i3.578
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2013-08-22
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Louisa M. Medicinal plants: source of new lead compounds in therapeutics. Med J Indones [Internet]. 2013Aug.22 [cited 2024Apr.24];22(3):127-8. Available from: http://mji.ui.ac.id/journal/index.php/mji/article/view/578
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