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||Fig. 1. Preparation of MFP. aHand or machine picked.
bProdomex MFP (not ensiled). cKemin Industries MFP
(ensiled). dPigment was removed from fresh petal MFP by extraction
with methanol and benzene-ethanol, in that order, then hexane.
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