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[Inhibitory effect of kaempferol against binding of platelet activating factor to its receptor]

Bao-Xia Zang1, Ming Jin, Wei Wu

  • 1Department of Pharmacology, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases-Anzhen Hospital, Beijing 100029, China. jinzang@public3.bta.net.cn

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi = Zhongguo Zhongyao Zazhi = China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
|October 28, 2004
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