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In vitro antioxidant activities of the methanol extract and its different solvent fractions obtained from the fruit pericarp of Terminalia bellerica

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Pages 277-287 | Received 06 Dec 2009, Accepted 23 Mar 2010, Published online: 02 Feb 2011

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