Spawning Inhibitor in Gonads of the Starfish, Asterina pectinifera

1 January 1972

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Agricultural and Biological Chemistry

Vol. 36 (11) , 1899-1902
https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb1961.36.1899

Abstract

A biologically active substance which inhibits spawning of the starfish, Asterina pectinifera, has been isolated from gonads of the same organism and identified as L-glutamic acid.

Keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID
ACTIVE SUBSTANCE
BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE
SPAWNING INHIBITOR
INHIBITOR IN GONADS
INHIBITS SPAWNING

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