Natural flavonoids silymarin and quercetin improve the brain distribution of co-administered P-gp substrate drugs

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Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ravikumar Reddy, D ^a   Khurana, Amit ^a   Bale, Swarna ^a   Ravirala, Ramu ^b   Samba Siva Reddy, V ^b   Mohankumar, M ^b   Godugu, Chandraiah ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

^b SYNGENE INTERNATIONAL LTD   (India)

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EID: 84990829897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-3267-1     Document Type: Article

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