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IN general, vitamins are products of the vegetable kingdom. Their possible role in plants, however, has been almost totally unknown until quite recently.

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    ARTTURI VIRTANEN

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VIRTANEN, A. Vitamins and Plants. Nature 137, 779–780 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137779a0

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