Enzymes Involved in Redox Reactions: Natural Sources and Mechanistic Overview
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Current environmental concerns are pressuring Chemical and Pharmaceutical industries to develop novel synthetic approaches that may operate under more benign conditions. This trend has paramounted the appearance of the “Green Chemistry” as a core discipline, with an increasing importance both in academia and industry. In a nutshell, Green Chemistry—as well as Green Engineering—has been compiled under several principles, as stated by Anastas and Zimmerman, and Tang and coworkers [1,2]. From the Green Chemistry approach, these principles are gathered in the acronym “PRODUCTIVELY”:
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