Metabolitic activity of 11-deoxycorticosterone and prednisolone in the alga chlorella vulgaris beijerinck

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-29

  Czerpak, Romuald ^a   Szamrej, Izabela Katarzyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chlorella vulgaris; Deoxycorticosterone; Nucleic acids; Prednisolone; Proteins; Reducing sugars

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040188083     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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