A survey of bryophytes for presence of cholinesterase activity

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2133-2135

  Gupta, Ashu ^a   Thakur, Suman S ^a   Uniyal, Prem L ^a   Gupta, Rajendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Anoectangium bicolor; Bryophytes; Cholinesterase; Plants; Pottiaceae

Indexed keywords

ANOECTANGIUM; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; POTTIACEAE;

EID: 0347708775     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558373     Document Type: Review

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