Prague Med. Rep. 2015, 116, 5-15

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2015.40

Importance of Choline as Essential Nutrient and Its Role in Prevention of Various Toxicities

Somava Biswas, Sarbani Giri

Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Silchar, India

Received November 2, 2014
Accepted March 12, 2015

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