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Translated from Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 33, No. 8, pp. 49–52, August, 1999.

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Andreeva, N.I., Asnina, V.V. & Liberman, S.S. Melatonin: Pharmacological properties and clinical application. Pharm Chem J 33, 452–455 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02510102

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