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General Xenobiochemistry

Evidence for differences in regioselective and stereoselective glucuronidation of silybin diastereomers from milk thistle (Silybum marianum) by human UDP-glucuronosyltransferases

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Pages 743-751 | Received 24 Jan 2011, Accepted 14 Mar 2011, Published online: 27 Apr 2011

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