Content and distribution of usnic acid enantiomers in three Icelandic lichen taxa

• Main Author: Aron Elvar Gylfason 1993-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Lyfjafræði; Sýklalyf; Lyfjaónæmi; Fléttur (plöntur); Hreindýramosar; Grös; Sýrur; Rannsóknir; Alectoria; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/32556

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