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Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 584728, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/584728
Research Article
A Novel Antihepatitis Drug, Bicyclol, Prevents Liver Carcinogenesis in Diethylnitrosamine-Initiated and Phenobarbital-Promoted Mice Tumor Model
Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100050, China
Received 27 July 2011; Revised 21 September 2011; Accepted 21 September 2011
Academic Editor: Masa-Aki Shibata
Copyright © 2012 Hua Sun et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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