Pharmacological Studies of Mentha longifolia Phenolic Extracts. II. Hepatoprotective Activity
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عنوان ژورنال: Pharmaceutical Biology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1388-0209,1744-5116
DOI: 10.1076/phbi.37.3.221.6306