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The preventive and therapeutic potential of natural polyphenols on influenza

Roodabeh BahramsoltaniFaculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Hamid Reza SodagariYoung Researchers and Elite Club, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran
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Mohammad Hosein FarzaeiPharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran;Medical Biology Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
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Amir Hossein AbdolghaffariMedicinal Plants Research Center, Institute of Medicinal Plants, ACECR, Karaj, Iran;International Campus, ICTUMS, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Maziar GoosheFaculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Nima RezaeiResearch Center for Immunodeficiencies, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Molecular Immunology Research Center and Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 57-80 | Published online: 07 Dec 2015

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