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Agradecimientos: La Universidad de El Salvador, Ana Estévez Braun Profesora del Departamento Química Orgánica, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, España y Dagoberto Rodríguez, Curador del Jardín Botánico La Laguna, El Salvador.
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