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Adv Pharm Bull. 2020;10(3): 350-358. doi: 10.34172/apb.2020.043
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Review Article

Microbial Alpha-Amylase Production: Progress, Challenges and Perspectives

Babak Elyasi Far 1,2 ORCID, Yassin Ahmadi 3, Ahmad Yari Khosroshahi 1,4, Azita Dilmaghani 1,2 * ORCID

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