Carotenoids in lipid membranes

Carotenoids: Physical, Chemical, and Biological Functions and Properties

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 19-30

  Gruszecki, Wieslaw I ^a  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

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LIPID MEMBRANES;

EID: 84860428064     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420052312     Document Type: Chapter

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