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Natural Product Research
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Volume 32, 2018 - Issue 15
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Effect of nanoparticle treatment on expression of a key gene involved in thymoquinone biosynthetic pathway in Nigella sativa L.

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Pages 1858-1862 | Received 17 Jun 2017, Accepted 06 Nov 2017, Published online: 27 Nov 2017

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