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Modern analytical procedures for the determination of taxus alkaloids in biological material

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Musshoff, F., Madea, B. Modern analytical procedures for the determination of taxus alkaloids in biological material. Int J Legal Med 122, 357–358 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-008-0241-7

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