Isolation, Stabilization and Characterization of Xanthophyll from Marigold Flower- Tagetes Erecta-L
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عنوان ژورنال: Modern Applied Science
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1913-1852,1913-1844
DOI: 10.5539/mas.v3n2p19