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Effect of dietary flavonoids on pathways involved in drug metabolism

Rainer Cermak University of Leipzig, Institute of Veterinary Physiology, An den Tierkliniken 7, 04103 Leipzig, Germany +49 34197 38062; +49 34197 38097; [email protected]
(Professor)
Pages 17-35 | Published online: 21 Dec 2007

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