Covid‐19 and thymoquinone: Connecting the dots
Ajaz Ahmad, Muneeb U Rehman, Parvaiz Ahmad, PharmD Khalid M Alkharfy
Phytotherapy Research, doi:10.1002/ptr.6793
At present, the medical approaches to cope with Covid-19 infection caused by the respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are
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Ajaz
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