When rats were given a special version of hyaluronic acid by mouth, their blood showed the highest level of radioactivity after 8 hours, which means the substance took a long time to get from their...

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Dietary Hyaluronic Acid Migrates into the Skin of Rats

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2014

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Dietary Hyaluronic Acid Migrates into the Skin of Rats

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DOI: 10.1155/2014/378024

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