A simple colorimetric assay for catechol-O-methyl transferase
β Scribed by W.F. Herblin
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 208 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-2697
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