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Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry Volume 66, 2002 - Issue 11
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Potentiation of Nerve Growth Factor-Induced Neurite Outgrowth in PC12 Cells by a Coptidis Rhizoma Extract and Protoberberine Alkaloids

Koji SHIGETASchool of Bioresources, Hiroshima Prefectural University 562 Nanatsuka, Shobara 727-0023, Japan
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Keisuke OOTAKISchool of Bioresources, Hiroshima Prefectural University 562 Nanatsuka, Shobara 727-0023, Japan
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Hideki TATEMOTOSchool of Bioresources, Hiroshima Prefectural University 562 Nanatsuka, Shobara 727-0023, Japan ;Present address: Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan
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Tsutomu NAKANISHIFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University 45-1 Nagaotoge, Hirakata 573-0101, Japan
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Akira INADAFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University 45-1 Nagaotoge, Hirakata 573-0101, Japan
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Norio MUTOSchool of Bioresources, Hiroshima Prefectural University 562 Nanatsuka, Shobara 727-0023, Japan
Pages 2491-2494 | Received 13 May 2002, Accepted 19 Jun 2002, Published online: 22 May 2014

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