Characterization of catecholase and cresolase activities of monastrell grape polyphenol oxidase
✍ Scribed by Alvaro Sa´nchez-Ferrer; Roque Bru; Juana Cabanes; Francisco Garcia-Carmona
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 260 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0031-9422
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