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A General Method for Detecting Nitrosamide Formation in the In Vitro Metabolism of Nitrosamines by Cytochrome P450s
Published on: September 25, 2017
Nicotinic acid values by chemical and microbiological methods; effect of hydrogen peroxide and infra-red rays on
The Journal of Biological Chemistry
|October 29, 2010
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