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Alexander O. Shpakov1 \*, Kira V. Derkach1 , Andrey A. Bakhtyukov1 and Dmitry V. Dar'in2

1 Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

2 Institute of Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University, Russia

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