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Original Article

Effect of Colchicine and Bisacodyl on Rat Intestinal Transit and Nitric Oxide Synthase Activity

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Pages 791-796 | Received 03 Jan 1997, Accepted 04 Apr 1997, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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