Brine shrimp cytotoxicity potential of alpha-mangostin and dulxanthone D from Garcinia mangostana

  • Kandasamy Sasikumar Department of Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore, India.
  • Asit Ranjan Ghosh Department of Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences and Technology, VIT University, Vellore, India.
Keywords: alpha-mangostin, Brine shrimp, Cytotoxicity, Dulxanthone D, Garcinia mangostana
DOI: 10.3329/bjp.v14i3.41403

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2019-07-14

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