Betulinic acid‑induced expression of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate‑diaphorase in the immune organs of mice: A possible role of nitric oxide in immunomodulation
- Authors:
- Kai Le Pang
- Kavitha Vijayaraghavan
- Badr Al Sayed
- Mohamed Ali Seyed
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Affiliations: Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti, Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), The National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia, Agni College of Technology, Thalambur, Chennai 600 130, India, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia - Published online on: December 12, 2017 https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.8262
- Pages: 3035-3041
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Copyright: © Pang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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