Nabag (Zizyphus spina-christi) Extract Prevents Aberrant Crypt Foci Development in Colons of Azoxymethane-Treated Rats by Abrogating Oxidative Stress and inducing Apoptosis |
Guizani, Nejib
(Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University)
Waly, Mostafa Ibrahim (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University) Singh, Vandita (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University) Rahman, Mohammad Shafiur (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University) |
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