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Research Article

Transdermal fennel essential oil nanoemulsions with promising hepatic dysfunction healing effect: in vitro and in vivo study

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Pages 729-738 | Received 31 Aug 2018, Accepted 13 Feb 2019, Published online: 26 Apr 2019

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