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. 1957 Nov;67(3):416–423. doi: 10.1042/bj0670416

Reaction of ninhydrin in acid solution with straight-chain amino acids containing two amino groups and its application to the estimation of α∈-diaminopimelic acid

Elizabeth Work 1
PMCID: PMC1200172  PMID: 13479398

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