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Adv Pharm Bull. 2017;7(1): 61-71. doi: 10.15171/apb.2017.008
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Editorial

Vitamin D3-Loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carriers as a Potential Approach for Fortifying Food Beverages; in Vitro and in Vivo Evaluation

Maryam Mohammadi 1,2, Akram Pezeshki 3,2, Mehran Mesgari Abbasi 4, Babak Ghanbarzadeh 2, Hamed Hamishehkar 4 *

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