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Research Article

An in vivo study of Hypericum perforatum in a niosomal topical drug delivery system

Mohamed AliDepartment of Research and Development, Atos Pharma, Cairo, Egypt;
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Amira Abdel MotaalDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; ;Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Khaled University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Mohammed A. AhmedDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, EgyptORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9073-4969
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Abdulrhman AlsayariDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Khaled University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;
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Omaima N. El-GazayerlyDepartment of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Pages 417-425 | Received 03 Nov 2017, Accepted 20 Jan 2018, Published online: 31 Jan 2018

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