Plant natural products: inspiring sources for drugs development.

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Grupo de Estudos em Bioquímica de Plantas (GEBioPlan) Departamento de Botanica Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901 Brazil..

Published: March 2015

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