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August 2009 in “Cancer epidemiology” AHCC reduces hair loss and liver injury caused by chemotherapy in rodents.
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Researchers made new compounds that could potentially be developed into anticancer drugs.
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September 2015 in “Journal of Medicinal Chemistry” The document confirms the structures of major metabolites of the CRTh2 antagonist Setipiprant and identifies minor metabolites.
The research created new azasteroids and pseudoazulenyl nitrones, which could be useful in medicine.
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209 citations,
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