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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
Volume 21, 1991 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Human liver sulphotransferase and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase: Structure-activity relationship for phenolic substrates

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Pages 171-177 | Received 14 Feb 1990, Accepted 10 Aug 1990, Published online: 27 Aug 2009

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