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General Xenobiochemistry

Characterisation of UDP-glucuronosyltransferase activity in sea turtle Chelonia mydas

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Pages 1011-1019 | Received 03 Nov 2022, Accepted 30 Dec 2022, Published online: 16 Jan 2023

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