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Majid Asadi-Samani1 \*, Najmeh Kaffash Farkhad<sup>2</sup> , Mohammad Reza Mahmoudian-Sani3 and Hedayatollah Shirzad4 \*

1 Medical Plants Research Center, Basic Health Sciences Institute, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran

2 Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

3 Research Center of Thalassemia and Hemoglobinopathy, Health Research Institute, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

4 Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Basic Health Sciences Institute, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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