Bioprospecting: The Search for Bioactive Lead Structures from Nature

Medicinal Plant Biotechnology: From Basic Research to Industrial Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 97-116

  Wink, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Fungi; Herbivores; Predators; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547203354     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527619771.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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