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Natural Product Research
Formerly Natural Product Letters
Volume 24, 2010 - Issue 8
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Original Articles

Rearrangement and oxidation of β-amyrin promoted by growing cells of Lecanicillium muscarinium

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Pages 767-774 | Received 17 Feb 2009, Accepted 17 Aug 2009, Published online: 29 Apr 2010

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