Determining the Role of the Aromatic Ring of N-Arylmethyl ent-conduramine F-1 in their Interactions with α-Glucosidases by Saturation Transfer Difference NMR Spectroscopy Experiments.
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SUBMITTER: Hernandez Daranas A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3922434 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
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Determining the Role of the Aromatic Ring of N-Arylmethyl ent-conduramine F-1 in their Interactions with α-Glucosidases by Saturation Transfer Difference NMR Spectroscopy Experiments.
Hernández Daranas Antonio A Koteich Khatib Sonia S Lysek Robert R Vogel Pierre P Gavín José A JA
ChemistryOpen 20120102 1
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