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Organ-specific and genotype-dependent constitutive biosynthesis of secoiridoid glucosides in Centaurium erythraea Rafn, and its elicitation with methyl jasmonate
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Matekalo, Dragana, Skorić, Marijana, Nikolić, Tijana, Novaković, Lazar, Lukić, Milana, Božunović, Jelena, Aničić, Neda, Filipović, Biljana, Mišić, Danijela (2018): Organ-specific and genotype-dependent constitutive biosynthesis of secoiridoid glucosides in Centaurium erythraea Rafn, and its elicitation with methyl jasmonate. Phytochemistry 155: 69-82, DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2018.07.015, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2018.07.015
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