Medicinal applications of plant lectins

Antitumor Potential and other Emerging Medicinal Properties of Natural Compounds

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 55-74

  Bah, Clara Shui Fern ^a   Fang, Evandro Fei ^b,c   Ng, Tzi Bun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84932107512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6214-5_5     Document Type: Chapter

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