ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Assessing hepatoprotective effects of antioxidants on amiodarone-induced cytotoxicity in human hepatoma HepaRG cell line

Filimonova KS, Rogovskaya NYu, Beltyukov PP, Babakov VN
About authors

Research Institute of Hygiene, Occupational Pathology and Human Ecology of the Federal Medical Biological Agency, Leningrad Region, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Vladimir Nikolaevich Babakov
Kapitolovo, 93, p/o Kuzmolovsky, Leningradskaja oblast, 188663; ur.hcepg@vokabab

Received: 2021-07-20 Accepted: 2021-08-11 Published online: 2021-09-23
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