An enzymatic assay for quantification of inositol in human term placental tissue

Mohammed Omedul Islam1, Preben Selvam1, Reshma Appukuttan Pillai1

  • 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, 119077, Singapore.

Analytical Biochemistry
|August 31, 2019
PubMed

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