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Identification of a new brassinosteroid, 23-dehydro-2-epicastasterone, from immature seeds ofPhaseolus vulgaris

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Hwang, J.Y., Park, C.H., Namgung, H. et al. Identification of a new brassinosteroid, 23-dehydro-2-epicastasterone, from immature seeds ofPhaseolus vulgaris . J. Plant Biol. 49, 409–412 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03178820

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