African Journal of
Pharmacy and Pharmacology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0816
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPP
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 2288

Review

Review: The potential of chalcones as a source of drugs

Rosa Martha Perez Gutierrez*
  • Rosa Martha Perez Gutierrez*
  • Laboratorio de Investigacion de Productos Naturales, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Química e Industrias Extractivas, IPN. Av. Instituto Politecnico Nacional S/N Unidad Profesional Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Col. Zacatenco, CP 07758, Mexico D.F., Mexico.
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Alethia Muniz-Ramirez
  • Alethia Muniz-Ramirez
  • Laboratorio de Investigacion de Productos Naturales, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Química e Industrias Extractivas, IPN. Av. Instituto Politecnico Nacional S/N Unidad Profesional Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Col. Zacatenco, CP 07758, Mexico D.F., Mexico.
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Jahel Valdes Sauceda
  • Jahel Valdes Sauceda
  • Laboratorio de Investigacion de Productos Naturales, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Química e Industrias Extractivas, IPN. Av. Instituto Politecnico Nacional S/N Unidad Profesional Adolfo Lopez Mateos, Col. Zacatenco, CP 07758, Mexico D.F., Mexico.
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  •  Received: 03 January 2014
  •  Accepted: 30 January 2015
  •  Published: 28 February 2015

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