Mucuna pruriens Leaf Extracts Mediate Antidiabetic Properties via Multiple Mechanisms
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2435-4953
DOI: 10.1254/jpssuppl.wcp2018.0_po2-7-4