Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Year: 2011
Volume: 10
Issue: 24
Page No. 3244 - 3248

Effects of Hypericum perforatum (St. John’s wort) Extract on Renal Ischemic Reperfusion Injury in Rats

Authors : Ali Akbar Abolfathi, Yousef Doustar, Pejman Mortazavi and Ali Rezai

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