Tyrosinase Activity in Antitumor Compounds of Squid Ink

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 171-175

  Naraoka, Tetsushi ^a   Chung, Hun Sik ^a   Uchisawa, Hidemitsu ^a   Sasaki, Jin Ichi ^b   Matsue, Hajime ^a  

^a Aomori Advanced Industrial Technology Center   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antitumor activity; Illexin; Peptidoglycan; Squid ink; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 0141862924     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.6.171     Document Type: Article

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