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Dirk Selmar1, Alzahraa Radwan1, Tahani Hijazin1

  • 1Institute for Plant Biology , Technical University of Braunschweig , Mendelssohnstraße 4 , 38106 Braunschweig , Germany.

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
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