Biosynthesis of the Food and Cosmetic Plant Pigment Bixin (Annatto)

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2003-06-27

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Chemistry, Biology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1126/SCIENCE.1085162PMID 12829782
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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