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Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology Volume 32, 2010 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Anti-allergic activity of standardized extract of Albizia lebbeck with reference to catechin as a phytomarker

Pichairajan VenkateshSchool of Natural Product Studies, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India,
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Pulok K. MukherjeeSchool of Natural Product Studies, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India,Correspondence[email protected]
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Nanjappan Satheesh KumarSchool of Natural Product Studies, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India,
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Arun BandyopadhyayDepartment of Molecular Endocrinology, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India
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Hiroyuki FukuiDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Health-Biosciences, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
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Hiroyuki MizuguchiDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Health-Biosciences, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
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Nurul IslamDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology, Graduate School of Health-Biosciences, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
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Pages 272-276 | Received 24 Jun 2009, Accepted 02 Sep 2009, Published online: 28 Jan 2010

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