Gallic acid, a dietary polyphenolic component, blunts the inhibition of platelet COX-1 by aspirin: Preliminary in-vitro findings

Marilena Crescente; Chiara Cerletti; Giovanni de Gaetano

doi:10.1160/TH07-01-0056

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 2007; 97(06): 1054-1056
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-01-0056

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Gallic acid, a dietary polyphenolic component, blunts the inhibition of platelet COX-1 by aspirin: Preliminary in-vitro findings

Marilena Crescente

¹Laboratory of Cell Biology and Pharmacology of Thrombosis, Research Laboratories, “John Paul II” Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Campobasso, Italy

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Chiara Cerletti

¹Laboratory of Cell Biology and Pharmacology of Thrombosis, Research Laboratories, “John Paul II” Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Campobasso, Italy

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Giovanni de Gaetano

¹Laboratory of Cell Biology and Pharmacology of Thrombosis, Research Laboratories, “John Paul II” Centre for High Technology Research and Education in Biomedical Sciences, Catholic University, Campobasso, Italy

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