Chemical Compound Review:
A-CAROTENE 3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-1- (2,6,6-trimethyl-1...
Synonyms:
AG-G-98092, AC1L2N7C
Kato,
Ren,
Visscher,
Djuric,
Yuan,
Ross,
Gao,
Qu,
Chu,
Yu,
Gaudet,
Britton,
Kabat,
Steck-Scott,
Eng,
Teitelbaum,
Terry,
Neugut,
Gammon,
Guénégou,
Leynaert,
Pin,
Le Moël,
Zureik,
Neukirch,
Voutilainen,
Nurmi,
Mursu,
Rissanen,
Canfield,
Clandinin,
Davies,
Fernandez,
Jackson,
Hawkes,
Goldman,
Pramuk,
Reyes,
Sablan,
Sonobe,
Bo,
Gómez-Aracena,
Bogers,
Van't Veer,
Gómez-Gracia,
García-Rodríguez,
Wedel,
Fernández-Crehuet Navajas,
Han,
Hankinson,
De Vivo,
Spiegelman,
Tamimi,
Mohrenweiser,
Colditz,
Hunter,
Steck-Scott,
Forman,
Sowell,
Borkowf,
Albert,
Slattery,
Brewer,
Caan,
Paskett,
Iber,
Kikendall,
Marshall,
Shike,
Weissfeld,
Snyder,
Schatzkin,
Lanza,
Walston,
Xue,
Semba,
Ferrucci,
Cappola,
Ricks,
Guralnik,
Fried,
Osganian,
Stampfer,
Rimm,
Spiegelman,
Manson,
Willett,
Brown,
Rimm,
Seddon,
Giovannucci,
Chasan-Taber,
Spiegelman,
Willett,
Hankinson,
Kontush,
Spranger,
Reich,
Baum,
Beisiegel,
Forman,
Johnson,
Lanza,
Graubard,
Beecher,
Muesing,
Thompson,
Heimendinger,
Haegele,
Sedlacek,
Gillette,
O'Neill,
Wolfe,
Conry,
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