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Antioxidant activity and in vitro and in silico gout inhibitory effect of benzylideneacetophenone derivatives

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auoc-2025-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2286-038X | Journal ISSN: 1583-2430
Language: English
Page range: 113 - 119
Submitted on: Apr 20, 2025
Accepted on: Sep 7, 2025
Published on: Oct 14, 2025
Published by: Ovidius University of Constanta
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