phytochemicallyadv.
/ˌfʌɪtəʊˈkɛmᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌfaɪdəˈkɛmək(ə)li/ As regards phytochemistry; by phytochemical methods.
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photochemically1858
physico-chemically1885
stereochemically1890
radiochemically1915
immunochemically1940
cosmochemically1957
mechanochemically1961
topochemically1962
phytochemically1969
stereologically1972
thermochemically-
1969 Science 17 Jan. 253/3 Although the narcotic use of Datura has been recognized from early times, the genus still constitutes botanically, ethnobotanically, and phytochemically a field for productive investigation.
1972 Science 9 June 1131/2 Schultes has repeatedly suggested that these additional ‘peyote’ cacti be examined phytochemically.
1992 D. J. Mabberley Trop. Rain Forest Ecol. (ed. 2) 138 Forests in the Malay Peninsula..and northern Borneo..were phytochemically compared.
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