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J Herbmed Pharmacol. 2019;8(2): 69-77. doi: 10.15171/jhp.2019.12

Review

Heavy metals detoxification: A review of herbal compounds for chelation therapy in heavy metals toxicity

Reza Mehrandish 1 ORCID, Aliasghar Rahimian 2, Alireza Shahriary 1 * ORCID

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