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Original Articles

Effects of the Marine Unicellular Alga Nannochloropsis sp. to Reduce the Plasma and Liver Cholesterol Levels in Male Rats Fed on Diets with Cholesterol

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Pages 2266-2268 | Received 12 Feb 2003, Accepted 07 May 2003, Published online: 22 May 2014

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