Transgenic oilseeds as sustainable source of nutritionally relevant C20 and C22 polyunsaturated fatty acids?

European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 106-113

  Abbadi, Amine ^a   Domergue, Frédéric ^a   Meyer, Astrid ^a   Riedel, Kerstin ^a   Sperling, Petra ^a   Zank, Thorsten K ^a   Heinz, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0035529578     PISSN: 14387697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1438-9312(200102)103:2<106::AID-EJLT106>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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