Identification and quantification of main flavonoids in the leaves of Bambusa multiplex cv. Fernleaf

Xiao-Lin Qiu1, Qing-Feng Zhang1,2

  • 1College of New Energy and Environmental Engineering, Nanchang Institute of Technology, Nanchang, China.

Natural Product Research
|February 6, 2019
PubMed

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