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Identification and characterization of (+)-α-bisabolol and 7-epi-silphiperfol- 5-ene synthases from Artemisia abrotanum
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Muangphrom, Paskorn, Misaki, Momoka, Suzuki, Munenori, Shimomura, Masaya, Suzuki, Hideyuki, Seki, Hikaru, Muranaka, Toshiya (2019): Identification and characterization of (+)-α-bisabolol and 7-epi-silphiperfol- 5-ene synthases from Artemisia abrotanum. Phytochemistry 164: 144-153, DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2019.05.010, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2019.05.010
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