Structural Investigation of Melatonin Metabolites as Calmodulin Antagonists and potential Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitors
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عنوان ژورنال: The FASEB Journal
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0892-6638,1530-6860
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2019.33.1_supplement.784.12