A Targeted Metabolomics Assay to Measure Eight Purines in the Diet of Common Bottlenose Dolphins, Tursiops truncates
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Chromatography & Separation Techniques
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2157-7064
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7064.1000334