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Identify a, b, c, d, e and f in the following table :

a –Streptokinase.


b - ‘clot buster’ for removing clots from the blood vessels of patients who have undergone myocardial infaction leading to heart attack.


c - cyclosporin A.


d - Trichoderma polysporum.


e - Monascuspurpureus.


f - blood-cholesterol lowering agent.


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