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BioImpacts. 2021;11(4): 245-252. doi: 10.34172/bi.2021.32
PMID: 34631486        PMCID: PMC8494254

Original Research

Cell cycle arrest and anti-cancer potential of probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus against HT-29 cancer cells

Najme Dehghani 1 ORCID, Farzaneh Tafvizi 1 * ORCID, Parvaneh Jafari 2

Cited by CrossRef: 40

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