Polycavernosides and gambierol: Chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, and detection

Seafood and Freshwater Toxins: Pharmacology, Physiology, and Detection, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 597-628

  Louzao Ojeda, M Carmen ^a   Otero, Eva Cagide ^a   Yotsu Yamashita, Mari ^b   Sasaki, Makoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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