Isolation and identification of a trihydroxysteroid disulfate from the starfish Plazaster borealis which induces avoidance reaction-inducing substance in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus nudus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 412-413

  Takahashi, Nobuaki ^a   Ojika, Makoto ^b   Ejima, Daisuke ^c  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avoidance reaction inducing substance; Plazaster borealis; Sea urchin, starfish; Steroid sulfate; Strongylocentrotus nudus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008284806     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2000.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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