Antifungal Protein from Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis) Seeds

Nuts and Seeds in Health and Disease Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 865-871

  Ng, Tzi Bun ^a   Lam, Sze Kwan ^a   Cheung, Randy C F ^a   Wong, Jack H ^a   Wang, He Xiang ^b   Ngai, Patrick H K ^c   Ye, Xiujuan ^a   Fang, Evandro F ^a   Chan, Yau Sang ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84884851219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375688-6.10102-1     Document Type: Chapter

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