Spatial metabolomics revealed mTOR-mediated gastric epithelial repair by licorice (G. inflata) flavonoids

Yufan Wu1, Yinglin Guo1, Dehao Huang2

  • 1School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.

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