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Caffeic, ferulic and synapic acid are anaerobically degraded by a microbial consortium via the reduction of the double bond of the side chain, the replacement of the nuclear hydroxyl group in position 4 by hydrogen, the demolition of the side chain by the loss of a C1 unit.
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Nali, M., Rindone, B., Tollari, S. et al. Anaerobic microbial conversion of three hydroxycinnamic acids. Experientia 41, 1351–1353 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01952091
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