Arsenobetaine: The ongoing mystery

National Science Review

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 451-458

  Popowich, Aleksandra ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Chris Le, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Arsenic metabolism; Arsenobetaine; Arsenocholine; Arsenosugars; Biosynthesis; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014100223     PISSN: 20955138     EISSN: 2053714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nww061     Document Type: Article

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