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Allied studies on the effect of Rosmarinus officinalis L. on experimental hepatotoxicity and mutagenesis

Fawzia Fahim Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University
,
Amr Esmat Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University
,
Hoda Fadel Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University
&
Khaled Hassan Department of Flavour Chemistry, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
Pages 413-427 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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