Main sterols from the echinoid Encope emarginata

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-118

  Pérez, Marina G ^a   Roccatagliata, Alejandro J ^a   Maier, Marta S ^a   Seldes, Alicia M ^a   Díaz De Astarloa, Juan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

cholest 4 en 3 one; cholestan 3 ol; Clypeasteroida; Echinoidea; Encope emarginata; marine sterols; sand dollar

Indexed keywords

STEROL;

ARTICLE; ECHINODERM; ECOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASTICATION; NONHUMAN; STEROIDOGENESIS;

CLYPEASTER SUBDEPRESSUS; CLYPEASTEROIDA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; ENCOPE EMARGINATA;

EID: 0030092696     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-1978(96)00001-4     Document Type: Article

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