Le rouge et le noir: Are anthocyanins plant melanins?

Advances in Botanical Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2002, Pages 17-35

  Timmins, Graham S ^a   Michele Holbrook, N ^b   Feild, Taylor S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 35448940605     PISSN: 00652296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2296(02)37041-1     Document Type: Review

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