Evidence for a correlation between systematics and bioactivity in new caledonian cunoniaceae and its implications for screening and conservation

Pacific Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-103

  Pillon, Yohan ^a,b   Fogliani, Bruno ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TESTING METHOD; WOODY PLANT;

CUNONIACEAE;

EID: 55549096372     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2009)63[97:EFACBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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