Conversion of Squalene to the Pentacarbocyclic Hopene

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 121-126

  Reinert, Dirk J ^a   Balliano, Gianni ^b   Schulz, Georg E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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EID: 1142281936     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2003.12.013     Document Type: Article

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