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New Developments in the Separation of Natural Products

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Modern Phytochemical Methods

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Over the last ten years, there has been a growing interest in drugs of plant origin. During this period, consumption of medicinal plants has almost doubled in industrialized countries of Western Europe where substances derived from higher plants constitute approximately 25% of prescribed medicines.1

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Hostettmann, K., Hamburger, M., Hostettmann, M., Marston, A. (1991). New Developments in the Separation of Natural Products. In: Fischer, N.H., Isman, M.B., Stafford, H.A. (eds) Modern Phytochemical Methods. Recent Advances in Phytochemistry, vol 25. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9060-2_1

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