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Research Article

Anticancer Evaluation of Methotrexate and Curcumin-Coencapsulated Niosomes Against Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines

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Pages 201-217 | Received 06 Sep 2021, Accepted 14 Dec 2021, Published online: 17 Jan 2022

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