Chiral asymmetry in nature

Chiral Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 25-45

  Kondepudi, Dilip ^a   Asakura, Kouichi ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-044451669-5/50002-8     Document Type: Chapter

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