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In vitro antioxidant and antiproliferative potential of medicinal plants used in traditional Indian medicine to treat cancer

Arul-Albert BaskarDepartment of Community Health SciencesCollege of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Khalid-S. Al. NumairDepartment of Community Health SciencesCollege of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed-A. AlsaifDepartment of Community Health SciencesCollege of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Savarimuthu IgnacimuthuDivision of EthnopharmacologyEntomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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