Is the Traditional Chinese Herb "Bombax Malabaricum" a Natural Anticancer Medicine? |
Law, Siukan
(Faculty of Science and Technology, The Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Tsing Yi, New Territories)
Lo, Chuiman (Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) Han, Jie (Department of Science, School of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Metropolitan University) Leung, Albert Wingnang (School of Nursing, Tung Wah College) Xu, Chuanshan (Key Laboratory of Molecular Target and Clinical Pharmacology, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Fifth Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University) |
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