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Original Articles

Isolation of Sphingoid Bases of Sea Cucumber Cerebrosides and Their Cytotoxicity against Human Colon Cancer Cells

Tatsuya SUGAWARADivision of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
,
Nobuhiro ZAIMADivision of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
,
Akiyo YAMAMOTODivision of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
,
Shota SAKAIDivision of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
,
Ryoko NOGUCHIDivision of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University;Graduate School of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University
&
Takashi HIRATADivision of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Pages 2906-2912 | Received 08 Jun 2006, Accepted 27 Jul 2006, Published online: 22 May 2014

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