Opuntia dillenii: A Forgotten Plant with Promising Pharmacological Properties |
Shirazinia, Reza
(Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran)
Rahimi, Vafa Baradaran (Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences) Kehkhaie, Ashrafali Rezaie (Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran) Sahebkar, Amirhossein (Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences) Rakhshandeh, Hassan (Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences) Askari, Vahid Reza (Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences) |
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