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Nitro- and nitrosoarenes can be reduced using baker's yeast (Saccharom
yces cerevisiae) under two distinct sets of conditions, one of which i
s in fact a well established non-enzymic process. In order to clarify
reports in the literature a comparison of the two methods has been mad
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