Acute and 28-Day Subacute Toxicity Studies of Hexane Extracts of the Roots of Lithospermum erythrorhizon in Sprague-Dawley Rats |
Han, Chung-Tack
(Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.)
Kim, Myoung-Jun (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) Moon, Seol-Hee (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) Jeon, Yu-Rim (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) Hwang, Jae-Sik (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) Nam, Chunja (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) Park, Chong-Woo (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) Lee, Sun-Ho (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) Na, Jae-Bum (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) Park, Chan-Sung (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) Park, Hee-Won (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) Lee, Jung-Min (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) Jang, Ho-Song (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) Park, Sun-Hee (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) Han, Kyoung-Goo (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) Choi, Young Whan (Department of Horticultural Bioscience, Pusan National University) Lee, Hye-Yeong (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) Kang, Jong-Koo (Biotoxtech Co., Ltd.) |
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