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Enzymatic Synthesis of Epoxidized Metabolites of Docosahexaenoic, Eicosapentaenoic, and Arachidonic Acids
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[Synthesis of (24S)-hydroxy- and (24S)-24,25-epoxycholesterol analogues, potential agonists of nuclear LXR receptors]

V A Khripach, V N Zhabinskiĭ, A V Antonchik

    Bioorganicheskaia Khimiia
    |December 22, 2006
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