A highly methylated agar from red seaweed, gracttaria arcuata

Botanica Marina

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 513-517

  Tako, M ^a,b   Higa, M ^a,b   Medoruma, K ^a,b   Nakasone, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRACILARIA ARCUATA;

EID: 0033458785     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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