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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
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Original Article

P450 catalysed S-oxidation of dibenzothiophene by Cunninghamella elegans

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Pages 1077-1083 | Received 01 May 1994, Published online: 27 Aug 2009

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