An investigation of the hepatoprotective potential of Garcinia kola seed extract in an anti-tubercular treatment model

Francis Adelade Fakoya
Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George?s University School of Medicine, True Blue, St. George?s Grenada, The Caribbean.
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Omolaja Osoniyi*

Omolaja Osoniyi*
Department of Biochemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
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Article Number - F84FAA748385
Vol.8(38), pp. 1156-1163 , October 2014
https://doi.org/10.5897/JMPR2014.5479

Received: 27 May 2014
Accepted: 09 October 2014
Published: 10 October 2014

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