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5 alpha,6 alpha-Epoxy-cholestan-3 beta-ol (cholesterol alpha-oxide): A specific substrate for rat liver glutathione

D J Meyer, B Ketterer

    FEBS Letters
    |December 27, 1982
    PubMed

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