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Toxicity of coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia foetida to vertebrates but not invertebrates: probable role of sphingomyelin

✍ Scribed by Hideshi Kobayashi; Michiko Ohtomi; Yoshiyuki Sekizawa; Naoshi Ohta

Book ID: 117794171
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 110 KB
Volume: 128
Category: Article
ISSN: 1532-0456
DOI: 10.1016/s1532-0456(00)00213-1

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