CHEMISTRY OF THE AMAZON

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Lewis NG, Kato MJ, Lopes N, Davin LB. Lignans diversity, biosynthesis, and function. In Seidl PR, Gottlieb OR, Kaplan MAC, eds. Chemistry of the Amazon. Washington, DC American Chemical Society 1995 135—167. 

Once agairr, the answers will be much different numbers than students may be accustomed to when working problems that deal with 1 L - 5 L containers, but the concept of molarity is taught and awareness of the chemistry of the Amazon... 

The First International Symposium on Chemistry of the Amazon provided an opportunity to bring together the contributors to this volume. We thank its sponsors and the Minist6rio da Ciencia e Tecnologia (Brazilian Science and Technology Ministry) for this important contribution. 

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