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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 607109, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/607109
Research Article
Evaluation of Antioxidant and Wound Healing Potentials of Sphaeranthus amaranthoides Burm.f.
Department of Biotechnology, School of Bioengineering, SRM University, Kattankulathur 603203, India
Received 7 July 2012; Accepted 26 December 2012
Academic Editor: Y. James Kang
Copyright © 2013 R. Geethalakshmi 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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