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Organic Chemistry

A novel Ca2+-signal transduction inhibitor, kujigamberol C, isolated from Kuji amber

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Pages 1630-1634 | Received 28 Dec 2018, Accepted 15 Apr 2019, Published online: 02 May 2019

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