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Natural Product Research
Formerly Natural Product Letters
Volume 26, 2012 - Issue 11
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Allicin induces apoptosis in EL-4 cells in vitro by activation of expression of caspase-3 and -12 and up-regulation of the ratio of Bax/Bcl-2

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Pages 1033-1037 | Received 15 Jun 2010, Accepted 22 Dec 2010, Published online: 09 Sep 2011

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