Bitter principles of the cucurbitaceae.
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S. Rehm; J. H. Wessels
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Article
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1957
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The bitter principle content of the seedlings of twenty‐one species and a large number of varieties of cucurbits has been investigated. The cucurbitacins B and E are the main bitter principles in all seedlings. The biogenesis of the cucurbitacins, the taxonomy of the family and the gene