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the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
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Research Article

ρ-Nitrophenylacetate hydrolysis by honey bee esterases: kinetics and inhibition

J. E. Spoonamore Department of Biochemistry, Biological Sciences West, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ, 85721, USA
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D. R. Frohlich Department of Biochemistry, Biological Sciences West, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ, 85721, USA
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M. A. Wells Department of Biochemistry, Biological Sciences West, University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ, 85721, USA
Pages 279-284 | Received 07 Jul 1992, Accepted 16 Oct 1992, Published online: 22 Sep 2008

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