Astaxanthin, COVID-19 and Immune Response: Focus on Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis and Autophagy

Overview

Journal Phytother Res

Publisher Wiley

Date 2020 Aug 6

PMID 32754955

Citations 30

Authors

Sajad Fakhri

Zeinab Nouri

Seyed Zachariah Moradi

Mohammad Hosein Farzaei

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