Quercetin, a flavonoid antioxidant, prevents and protects streptozotocin-induced oxidative stress and β-cell damage in rat pancreas
✍ Scribed by Omer Coskun; Mehmet Kanter; Ahmet Korkmaz; Sukru Oter
- Book ID
- 119346109
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 343 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-6618
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