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Metabolic Effects of Calagualine, an Antitumoral Saponine of Polypodium leucotomos

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THE natives of northern Honduras traditionally use an infusion of the rhizomes of the fern Calaguala (Polypodium leucotomos) as a treatment against malignant tumours.

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    ANTONIO HORVATH, FRANCISCO ALVARADO, JOSEPH SZÖCS, ZOILA NEY DE ALVARADO & GILBERTO PADILLA

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HORVATH, A., ALVARADO, F., SZÖCS, J. et al. Metabolic Effects of Calagualine, an Antitumoral Saponine of Polypodium leucotomos. Nature 214, 1256–1258 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141256a0

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