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The research prospect on ferroptosis induced by auraptene in hepatocellular carcinoma cells
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1 The MOE Basic Research and Innovation Center for the Targeted Therapeutics of Solid Tumors, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi,
China
CP, 6620 https://doi.org/10.36922/cp.6620
Received: 28 November 2024 | Accepted: 5 December 2024 | Published online: 10 June 2025
© 2025 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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