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Antioxidative and anticarcinogenic activities of methylpheophorbide a, isolated from wheat grass (Triticum aestivum Linn.)

Priyabrata DasNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cancer Research Institute, 16 A, Park Lane, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Suvra MandalNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cancer Research Institute, 16 A, Park Lane, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Sudeshna GangopadhyayNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cancer Research Institute, 16 A, Park Lane, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Kalipada DasBose Institute, 93/1, Acharyya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Arpita Ghosh MitraMedica Superspeciality Hospital, Mukundapur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Swati DasguptaNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cancer Research Institute, 16 A, Park Lane, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Soma MukhopadhyayNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cancer Research Institute, 16 A, Park Lane, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Ashis MukhopadhyayNetaji Subhas Chandra Bose Cancer Research Institute, 16 A, Park Lane, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 474-477 | Received 26 Dec 2014, Accepted 20 Feb 2015, Published online: 18 Mar 2015

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