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Jin-Yi Han1, Yong-Jin Moon2, Jong-Hyun Han2

  • 1College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 362-763, Republic of Korea.

Archives of Pharmacal Research
|July 27, 2016
PubMed

Keywords:
Blood pressureCaffeineCatecholaminesCounteractionEpigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG)Heart rateHemodynamics

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