Assessment of Diosgenin Production by Trigonella foenum-graecum L. in vitro Condition
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Plant Physiology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1557-4539
DOI: 10.3923/ajpp.2011.261.268