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- ↑ Ian Fleming (1967). "Absolute Configuration and the Structure of Chlorophyll". Nature. 216 (5111): 151–152. doi:10.1038/216151a0.
- ↑ "Ian Fleming's Home Page". www-fleming.ch.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
