Chemotaxonomic study of the diterpenes from the brown alga Dictyota menstrualis.
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Chemotaxonomic study of the diterpenes from the brown alga Dictyota menstrualis Valéria Laneuville Teixeira*, Diana Negrão Cavalcanti, Renato Crespo Pereira Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense, C.P. 100.644, 24001-970, Niterói, RJ, Brazil b Programa de Pós-Graduação em Quı́mica Orgânica, Instituto de Quı́mica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, 24020-150, Niterói, RJ, Brazil
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Biochemical systematics and ecology
دوره 29 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001