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Biochemical toxicology of argemone oil. Role of reactive oxygen species in iron catalyzed lipid peroxidation

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    Mukul Das, Kaushal K. Upreti & Subhash K. Khanna

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Das, M., Upreti, K.K. & Khanna, S.K. Biochemical toxicology of argemone oil. Role of reactive oxygen species in iron catalyzed lipid peroxidation. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 46, 422–430 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01688942

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