Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 563-570 , May 2010

Oral supplementation of gossypin during lead exposure protects alteration in heme synthesis pathway and brain oxidative stress in rats

Received 6 February 2009 ,Accepted 12 June 2009.

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 Pratibha Gautam received a senior research fellowship from the Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha (CCRAS), New Delhi.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.06.008

Nutrition
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