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Antihypertensive Activities of a Solid-State Culture of Taiwanofungus camphoratus (Chang-Chih) in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Der-Zen LIUGraduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, Taipei Medical University
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Yu-Chih LIANGSchool of Medical Laboratory Science & Biotechnology, Taipei Medical University
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Shyr-Yi LINDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, and Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital
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Yin-Shiou LINGraduate Institute of Pharmacognosy, Taipei Medical University
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Wen-Chun WUGraduate Institute of Pharmacognosy, Taipei Medical University
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Wen-Chi HOUGraduate Institute of Pharmacognosy, Taipei Medical University
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Ching-Hua SUGraduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, Taipei Medical University
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Pages 23-30 | Received 15 May 2006, Accepted 12 Sep 2006, Published online: 22 May 2014

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