Daidzein: a Review of Pharmacological Effects
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a Department of Pharmaceutical Botany, School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China b Central Laboratory, Shanghai Seventh People’s Hospital, Shanghai 200137, China c School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, England, UK d Department of Nuclear Medicine, Shanghai Seventh People’s Hospital, Shanghai 200137, China
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