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Comprehensive Compositional Analysis of Plant Cell Walls (Lignocellulosic biomass) Part II: Carbohydrates
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Comprehensive Compositional Analysis of Plant Cell Walls (Lignocellulosic biomass) Part II: Carbohydrates

Published on: March 12, 2010

Plant cell wall fractionation and structural analysis

R W Bailey, A Chesson, J Monro

    The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
    |October 1, 1978
    PubMed

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