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    Coconut water (Cocos nucifera L.)—A new biocatalyst system for organic synthesis
    (2009) Aluisio M. Fonseca; Francisco Jose Q. Monte; Maria da Conceicao F. de Oliveira; Marcos C. de Mattos; Geoffrey A. Cordell; Raimundo Braz-Filho; Telma L.G. Lemos
    A series of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes and ketones was reduced using plant cell preparations from coconut juice, Cocos nucifera, also calledACC (água-de-coco do Ceará). The reduced productswere typically obtained in excellent yields (%) and with very high enantiomeric excess. Esters, amides, and nitrobenzene, yielded acids, amines and an azoxyderivative with satisfactory results