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Separation of Aldehydes and Reactive Ketones from Mixtures Using a Bisulfite Extraction Protocol
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Use of borohydride reduction in the separation of estrogen carbonyls

R W Roos, T Medwick

    Journal of Chromatographic Science
    |November 1, 1979
    PubMed

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