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Acknowledgment. I thank Ms H. Müller, Mr J.P. Kaiser and Dr G. Hanselmann-mason for their help in preparing the illustrations and the manuscript.
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Hanselmann, K.W. Lignochemicals. Experientia 38, 176–189 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01945071
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