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. 1988 Dec;58(6):776–778. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1988.307

The killing effects of 4-S-cysteinylcatechol and analogues on human melanoma cells.

I Yamada ¹, S Seki ¹, S Ito ¹, O Matsubara ¹, S Suzuki ¹, T Kasuga ¹

PMCID: PMC2246856 PMID: 3146990

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