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Research Article

Evaluation of developmental toxicity and genotoxicity of aqueous seed extract of Croton tiglium L. using zebrafish

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Pages 398-406 | Received 22 Sep 2019, Accepted 14 Dec 2019, Published online: 06 Jan 2020

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