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Cell-free Biochemical Fluorometric Enzymatic Assay for High-throughput Measurement of Lipid Peroxidation in High Density Lipoprotein
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Modification of microsomal lipid peroxidation and drug metabolism by cytoplasmic copper

M Wittig, C Steffen

    Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology
    |June 1, 1984
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