(Press-News.org) A Southeast Asian sea cucumber species features bioactive compounds, including terpenoid glycosides and saponins which have reported anti-cancer benefits
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0294535
Article Title: Comprehensive metabolomics of Philippine Stichopus cf. horrens reveals diverse classes of valuable small molecules for biomedical applications
Author Countries: Philippines
Funding: ETY received funding for the study from the Department of Science and Technology–Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development. The funders had no role in study design, data collection, analysis, the decision to publish, or the preparation of the manuscript.
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A Southeast Asian sea cucumber species features bioactive compounds, including terpenoid glycosides and saponins which have reported anti-cancer benefits
2023-12-06
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