Role of asterosaponin A in starfish spaw
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Ikegami, Susumu
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Article
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1976
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract A polypeptide hormone, gonadβstimulating substance (GSS), induces oocyte maturation and spawning in starfish through the production of 1βmethyladenine (1βMA) in the follicle cells. Asterosaponin A (ASA) obtained from the ovary of __Asterias amurensis__ inhibits the spawning induced by t