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Original Article

Content of liver and brain ubiquinol-9 and ubiquinol-10 after chronic ethanol intake in rats subjected to two levels of dietary α-tocopherol

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Pages 313-319 | Received 28 Jul 1999, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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