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Some factors governing the vitamin C content ofTrigonella Foenum-graecum

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  1. University Botany Laboratory, Madras

    K. S. Venkataramani

  2. Tea Experiment Station, Devarshola P.O., The Nilgiris

    K. S. Venkataramani

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Communicated by Prof. T. S. Sadasivan,m.sc., ph.d., f.a.sc.

Part of a thesis accepted for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Madras.

An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF03051512.

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Venkataramani, K.S. Some factors governing the vitamin C content ofTrigonella Foenum-graecum . Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 32, 112–125 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050140

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