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Investigating the safety of plants used in South African traditional medicine: Testing for genotoxicity in the micronucleus and alkaline comet assays

✍ Scribed by Joslyn L.S. Taylor; Esameldin E. Elgorashi; Annemie Maes; Urbain Van Gorp; Norbert De Kimpe; Johannes van Staden; Luc Verschaeve

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Weight: 186 KB
Volume: 42
Category: Article
ISSN: 0893-6692
DOI: 10.1002/em.10184

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