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Interaction of triterpenoids with human serum albumin: A review

Rola Abboud1, Catherine Charcosset2, Hélène Greige-Gerges3

  • 1Bioactive Molecules Research Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, Lebanese University, Lebanon; Laboratoire d'Automatique et de Génie des Procédés (LAGEP), UMR-CNRS 5007, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CPE Lyon, Bat 308G, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
|June 4, 2017
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AlbuminBindingTriterpenoids

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