Toxicological evaluation of the biflavonoid, agathisflavone in albino Swiss mice
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0753-3322
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.11.050