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IN earlier papers one of us (T. Y.)1 reported the isolation, chemical properties, and toxicity to fish and warm-blooded animals, of crystalline saponin from the body wall of the sea cucumber, Holothuria vagabunda, and designated this as a new saponin, holothurin.
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MATSUNO, T., YAMANOUCHI, T. A New Triterpenoid Sapogenin of Animal Origin (Sea Cucumber). Nature 191, 75–76 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191075a0
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