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From Lignin to Value-Added Pharmaceutical Intermediates Based on a Benzylic Oxidation Method with O2

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Clean Synthetic Strategies to Biologically Active Molecules from Lignin: A Green Path to Drug Discovery**

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Biodegradation of acetaminophen: Microcosm centric genomic-proteomic-metabolomics evidences

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