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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
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Research Article

1-Benzylimidazole induces rat hepatic microsomal epoxide hydrolase with the elevation of its mRNA levels

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Pages 791-798 | Received 28 Jan 1995, Published online: 22 Sep 2008

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