Screening of "spice" herbal mixtures: From high-field to low-field proton NMR

Gaëtan Assemat1, Florian Dubocq1, Stéphane Balayssac1

  • 1Groupe de RMN Biomédicale, Laboratoire SPCMIB (UMR CNRS 5068), Université Paul Sabatier, Université de Toulouse, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France.

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