Phytochemistry and biological activities of Tetracera species

Subject Areas : Pharmacognosy

Akingbolabo Ogunlakin ¹ , Mubo Sonibare ²

1 - Bowen University SDG 03 (Good Health and Wellbeing Research Cluster), Nigeria |Phytomedicine, Molecular Toxicology, and Computational Biochemistry Research Laboratory (PMTCB-RL), Department of Biochemistry, Bowen University, Iwo, 232101, Nigeria
2 - Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

Received: 2022-08-05 Accepted : 2022-12-31 Published : 2022-12-01

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