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Original Articles

Depigmenting Mechanisms of All-Trans Retinoic Acid and Retinol on B16 Melanoma Cells

Kazuomi SATODepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University
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Masayuki MORITADepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University
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Chihiro ICHIKAWADepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University
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Hideki TAKAHASHIDepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University
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Masaru TORIYAMADepartment of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University
Pages 2589-2597 | Received 23 Apr 2008, Accepted 23 Jun 2008, Published online: 22 May 2014

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