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Published on: March 6, 2012

Fe2+ and ascorbic acid induced oxidation of cholesterol in phosphatidylcholine liposomes and its inhibition by

J Terao, K Sugino, S Matsushita

    Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology
    |October 1, 1985
    PubMed

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