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R Nakashima1, K Kado1, T Kume1

  • 1a Osaka Laboratory, Chemicals Inspection and Testing Institute , Japan, 1-6-5 Dogashiba, Tennouji-ku, Osaka 543 , Japan.

Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
|July 12, 2016
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didocosahexaenoylphosphatidylserinedocosahexaenoic acidphosphatidylserine

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