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Free Amino-acid Content of Tobacco-seeds

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ALTHOUGH much has been published about the various aspects of tobacco leaves, the same cannot be said about tobacco seeds. As regards organic nitrogen compounds in tobacco seeds, Abdoh and Taufel1 have produced evidence for the existence of pyridine derivations in mature tobacco seeds.

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  1. Abdoh, Y., and Taufel, K., Z. Untersuch. Lebensmittel, 84, 328 (1942).

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  2. Il'in, G. S., and Lovkova, M., jun., Biekhimija U.S.S.R., 24–5, 838 (1959).

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ABDOH, Y., NAFISSI, M. Free Amino-acid Content of Tobacco-seeds. Nature 199, 178–179 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199178a0

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