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Fol. Biol. 2016, 62, 53-66

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2016062020053

Effect of Simvastatin, Coenzyme Q10, Resveratrol, Acetylcysteine and Acetylcarnitine on Mitochondrial Respiration

Zdeněk Fišar1, J. Hroudová1, N. Singh1, A. Kopřivová2, D. Macečková2

1Department of Psychiatry, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic
2Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University J. E. Purkyně in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic

Received August 2015
Accepted December 2015

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