Silkworm as a model animal to evaluate drug candidate toxicity and metabolism.

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Published in Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol on September 06, 2008

Authors

Hiroshi Hamamoto1, Akiko Tonoike, Kazuya Narushima, Ryo Horie, Kazuhisa Sekimizu

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.

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