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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 340267, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/340267
Inflammatory Regulation Effect and Action Mechanism of Anti-Inflammatory Effective Parts of Housefly (Musca domestica) Larvae on Atherosclerosis
1Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Bioactive Substances, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, 280 Wai Huan Dong Road, Guangzhou 510006, China
2School of Basic Courses, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, 280 Wai Huan Dong Road, Guangzhou 510006, China
Received 18 November 2012; Accepted 27 January 2013
Academic Editor: Kashmira Nanji
Copyright © 2013 Fu Jiang Chu 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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