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Čes. slov. farm. 2016, 65(1):28-31

Potential anticancer agent hypericin and its model compound emodin: interaction with DNA

Jana Staničová1,2,*, Valéria Verebová1, Alena Strejčková1
1 The University of Veterinary Medicine & Pharmacy, Košice, Slovakia
2 First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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This work was supported by grant KEGA No. 014 UVLF - 4/2013. Authors are pleased to thank dr. P. Miškovský and dr. R. Varhač for the possibility to use experimental equipment in their laboratories.

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