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Original Articles

Effect of an Excessive Intake of Quercetin on the Vitamin E Level and Antioxidative Enzyme Activities of Mouse Liver under Paraquat-Induced Oxidative Stress

Noriko BANDODepartment of Food Science, Graduate School of Nutrition and Bioscience, The University of Tokushima
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Saori WAKAMATSUDepartment of Food Science, Graduate School of Nutrition and Bioscience, The University of Tokushima
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Junji TERAODepartment of Food Science, Graduate School of Nutrition and Bioscience, The University of Tokushima
Pages 2569-2572 | Received 09 May 2007, Accepted 20 Jun 2007, Published online: 22 May 2014

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