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Nikolay A Budaev1, Artyom V Belesov1, Ilya I Pikovskoi1

  • 1Core Facility Center 'Arktika', Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Arkhangelsk 163002, Russia.

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Polytrichum communebiopolymerscellulosehemicellulosemosspolyphenols

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