Bioactive constituents of the silk worm bombyx mori

Antitumor Potential and other Emerging Medicinal Properties of Natural Compounds

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 335-344

  Xia, Lixin ^a   Ng, Tzi Bun ^b   Fang, Evandro Fei ^b,c   Wong, Jack Ho ^b  

^a Shenzhen University School of Medicine   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

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EID: 84932094885     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6214-5_22     Document Type: Chapter

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