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Adv Pharm Bull. 2023;13(4): 712-722. doi: 10.34172/apb.2023.087
PMID: 38022806        PMCID: PMC10676547

Review Article

Current Advances in Nanotechnology-Mediated Delivery of Herbal and Plant-Derived Medicines

Amir Jalili 1 ORCID, Rafieh Bagherifar 2,3 ORCID, Ali Nokhodchi 4,5, Barbara Conway 6,7 * ORCID, Yousef Javadzadeh 8 * ORCID

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