Anti-tumor Effect of Quercetin Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles on Induced Colon Cancer in Wistar Rats

Jalil Rashedi ¹, Amir Ghorbani Haghjo ² * , Mehran Mesgari Abbasi ³ , Ali Dastranj Tabrizi ⁴, Shadi Yaqoubi ⁵, Davoud Sanajou ¹, Zahra Ashrafi Jigheh ¹, Ali Namvaran ⁶, Ali Mohammadi ⁷, Jalal Mohammadi Khoshraj ⁸, Behzad Baradaran ⁹ *

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