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Research Article

Endothelium Mediated Aortic Relaxation and Blood Pressure Lowering Effect of a Procyanidin Rich Fraction of the Stembark Extracts of Erythrophleum suaveolens

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Pages 62-67 | Published online: 29 Sep 2008

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