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IN our search for the presence of antibiotic substances in the higher plants used in China for food or for drugs, we have examined the tubers of the waterchestnut, Eleocharis tuberosa.
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CHEN, S., CHENG, B., CHENG, W. et al. An Antibiotic Substance in the Chinese Water-chestnut, Eleocharis tuberosa. Nature 156, 234 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156234b0
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