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Research Article

Effects of Aqueous Extracts of Petals of Red and Green Hibiscus sabdariffa. on Plasma Lipid and Hematological Variables in Rats

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Pages 471-474 | Accepted 11 Mar 2005, Published online: 07 Oct 2008

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