Anticancer drugs from marine flora: an overview.

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Published in J Oncol on February 27, 2011

Authors

N Sithranga Boopathy1, K Kathiresan

Author Affiliations

1: Center of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai 608 502, Tamil Nadu, India.

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