HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE BUT NOT BRAIN ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE HYDROLYSES HEROIN TO MORPHINE
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0305-1870,1440-1681
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.1999.03090.x