Cancer chemopreventive agents: Natural pentacyclic triterpenoids

Pentacyclic Triterpenes as Promising Agents in Cancer

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 127-157

  Yasukawa, Ken ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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