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Shengjun Wu1

  • 1Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment, Huaihai Institute of Technology, 59 Cangwu Road, Haizhou 222005, China; Co-Innovation Center of Jiangsu Marine Bio-industry Technology, 59 Cangwu Road, Haizhou 222005, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, 59 Cangwu Road, Haizhou 222005, China.

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
|December 7, 2018
PubMed

Keywords:
Anti-renal fibrosisMulberry leafPolysaccharide

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