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Cytogenotoxicity potentials of cocoa pod and bean-mediated green synthesized silver nanoparticles on Allium cepa cells

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Pages 366-377 | Received 19 Jul 2017, Accepted 18 Aug 2017, Published online: 09 Oct 2017

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