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Anti-angiogenic Activity of Tocotrienol

Hitoshi INOKUCHIFood & Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Life Science and Agriculture, Tohoku UniversitySendai 981-8555, Japan
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Hisako HIROKANEFood & Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Life Science and Agriculture, Tohoku UniversitySendai 981-8555, Japan
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Tsuyoshi TSUZUKIFood & Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Life Science and Agriculture, Tohoku UniversitySendai 981-8555, Japan
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Kiyotaka NAKAGAWAFood & Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Life Science and Agriculture, Tohoku UniversitySendai 981-8555, Japan
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Miki IGARASHIFood & Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Life Science and Agriculture, Tohoku UniversitySendai 981-8555, Japan;Present address: Sugiyama Human Nutrition Research Center, Sugiyama Jogakuen UniversityNagoya 464-8662, Japan
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Teruo MIYAZAWAFood & Biodynamic Chemistry Laboratory, Graduate School of Life Science and Agriculture, Tohoku UniversitySendai 981-8555, Japan
Pages 1623-1627 | Received 07 Apr 2003, Accepted 19 May 2003, Published online: 22 May 2014

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