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Aoes Exam Board certifies 93chemists

The AOCS Examination Boardhas granted "approvedchemist" status to 93 analysts

working at 70 laboratories aroundthe world. Certification is based ondemonstrated proficiency in theAOCS Smalley Check Sample Pro-gram using specified methods foreach Smalley series.

Laboratories at which "approvedchemists" are employed are listedbelow in alphabetical order. Each list-ing provides the name. address, andtelephone number of each laboratoryas well as the name(s) of approvedchemist(s) at that laboratory and thecategories in which each chemist iscertified.

A & A Laboratories lnc., 1100Backus. Springdale. AR 72764(phone: 501-756--1270);John Dillard,Gordon Whitbeck: oilseed meal,unground soybean meal. tallow andgrease (moisture. insoluble impuritiesand unsaponifiables, and free fattyacids only), test kit aflatoxin in commeal.

A & L Plains Agricultural LabsInc., 302 34th sr., P.O. Box 1590,Lubbock, TX 79408 (phone: 806-763-4278); Janet M. Duran: oilseed meal,cottonseed. peanut, sunflower, test kitaflatoxin in corn meal.

Abed Laboratories Inc., 2437 6thSt., Berkeley, CA 94710 (phone: 510-843-0507); Mamdouh H. Abed: cot-tonseed oil. NIOP (National Instituteof Oilseed Products) fats and oils.

Academy of Grain Technology,260 Princes Highway. Werribee, Vic-toria 3030, Australia (phone: 61-3-742-0590); Lindsay Swinden: safflow-er, canota. gas chromatography(FAC-Fat Analysis Committee),aflatoxin in corn meal.

Admiral Testing Services lnc., 524Elmwood Park Blvd., Suite 160, Hara-han, LA 70123 (phone: 504-734-5201): Ray M. Ramos: oilseed meal,unground soybean meal, tallow andgrease, soybean oil, cottonseed oil,palm oil. NIOP fats and oils, aflatoxinin com meal.

Ampro Laboratories, 4480 KeithBridge Rd .. Cumming, GA 30131(phone: 404-887-6011); Wanda Led-

ford: oilseed meal, unground soybeanmeal, fish meal.

Anamax, P.O. Box 10067, GreenBay, WI 54307-0067 (phone: 414-494-5233); Stephanie Dutkowski,James Forst: tallow and grease.

Barrow-Agee Labs Inc., 405 SaturnDr.• P.O. Box 156, Memphis. TN38101 (phone: 901-332-1590); LynnHawkins, Michael Hawkins, FrankTenent: oilseed meal, unground soy-bean meal, cottonseed, soybean. tal-low and grease, soybean oil, cotton-seed oil.

Buckeye Cellulose Co .• 1001 N.Tillman, Memphis, TN 38108-0407(phone: 901-320-8845); RolandWilks: cellulose yield.

Canadian Grain Commission,Grain Research Laboratory Division,1404-303 Main SI., Winnipeg, MBR3C 3G8, Canada (phone: 204-983-3354); H.K. Howard: soybean, canola.sunflower: Barry A.S. Misener: gaschromatography (FAC).

Canamera Foods, 30 Weston Rd.,Toronto, ON M6N3P4, Canada(phone: 416-761-4579); AndrewKwong: edible fat.

Central Analytical Laboratory Inc.,101 Woodland Highway, Belle Chas-se. LA 70037 (504-469-3511); JohnReuther: oilseed meal, soybean, tallowand grease, soybean oil, palm oil, veg-etable oil for color only, NIOP fatsand oils. gas chromatography (FAC),aflatoxin in com meal, test kit aflatox-in in com meal.

Chemical Laboratory "Dr. A. Ver-wey," Coolhaven 32, P.O. Box 6003,3002 Rotterdam AA, The Netherlands(phone: 31-10-476- 1055); RobertBoddaert: safflower, canol a, tallowand grease, gas chromatography(FAC), aflatoxin in peanut paste.

CrOOaUniversal Ltd., Oak Road,Clough Rd., Hull, East Yorkshire,England HU6 7PH (phone: 44-1-482-443-181); Paul Speight: marine oilfatty acid profile.

Dial Corp. 2000 Aucott Rd., Mont-gomery. IL 60538 (phone: 708-801-5002): Robert Kankus, Morad Sham-sipor, Kirk Phelps: tallow and grease.

Diversified Research Laboratoriesrnc.. 1047 Yonge SI.. Toronto. ON

M4W 2L2, Canada (phone: 416-922-5100); Lionel Subryan: gas chro-matography (FAC), aflatoxin inpeanut butter, marine oil fatty acidprofile. lrans fatty acids by IR.

Fox Testing Labs lnc., 201 ParisAve.. Lubbock. TX 79401 (phone:806- 763-4518); Jason Fox: oilseedmeal. cottonseed, peanut, celluloseyield, cottonseed oil.

Fuji Vegetable Oil, 120 BramptonRd., Savannah, GA 31408 (phone:912-966-5900); Gregg Newman: edi-ble fat.

Golden Peanut Co., 5312 S. CliffSt., P.O. Box 97, Graceville, FL 32440(phone: 904-263-3281); DorothyDavis: test kit aflatoxin in peanutpaste.

Hahn Laboratories lnc., I1II FloraSI. (2920 I), P.O. Box 1177,Columbia, SC 29202 (phone: 803-799-1614); Frank Hahn: oilseed meal.cottonseed, soybean, peanut, canola,sunflower, soybean oil, cottonseed oil.

lams Technical Center, State Route503 and Interstate Highway 70.Lewisburg, OH 45338 (phone: 513-454-8807); Robert J. Greene: gaschromatography (FAC), marine oilratty acid profile.

Inchcape Testing Services CalebBrett, 3009 Van Guard, Memphis, TN38131 (phone: 901-398-3711); ManjuVij: oilseed meal, soybean, safflower,sunflower, soybean oil, vegetable oilfor color only, NIOP fats and oils.

Inchcape Testing Services CalebBrett. 2100 L and A Rd., Metairie, LA7000 I; P.O. Box 10426, Jefferson, LA70181-0426 (phone: 504-733-6661);Harvey P. Becnel, Mumtaz Haider:oilseed meal, unground soybean meal,soybean, safflower, sunflower, tallowand grease. soybean oil, cottonseedoil, palm oil, NIOP fats and oils. gaschromatography (FAC), aflatoxin incom meal. fish meal.

Ingman Laboratories Inc .. 294534th Ave. S. (55406), P.O. Box 15305,Minneapolis, MN 55415 (phone: 612-724-0121); Peter Meland: oilseedmeal. soybean, safflower. canota. sun-flower: Phil Maiers: tallow andgrease: Glenn Kyle: oilseed meal.

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Mid-Continent Laboratories, 879Foley St., P.O. Box 2551, Jackson,MS 39207 (phone: 601-353-1183);Charles Norris: oilseed meal, cotton-seed, soybean, peanut, tallow andgrease, soybean oil, cottonseed oil,vegetable oil for color only.

Mid-Continent Laboratories, 1279Jackson Ave., P.O. Box 1521, Mem-phis, TN 38101 (phone: 901-725-1722); Donald Britton: oilseed meal,cottonseed, soybean, cellulose yield,tallow and grease, soybean oil, conon-seed oil.

Modem Labs & Survey Co., 15850New Ave., Lemont, lL 60439 (phone:708-257-8600); Richard Meyer: tal-low and grease.

Morris Testing Labs, 807 Main St.,P.O. Box 803, Macon. GA 31202(phone: 912-742-7835); John Wieters:oilseed meal.

Nabisco Inc., 200 De Forest Ave.,P.O. Box 1944, East Hanover, NJ07936-1944 (phone: 201-503-3436);Gary Noll: gas chromatography(FAC). trails fatty acids by fR, trailSfatty acids by gas chromatography.

New Jersey Feed Laboratory Inc.,1686 5th St., CN 06650, Trenton, NJ08650 (phone: 609-882-6800); PeteCartwright: gas chromatography(FAC); Carl W. Schulze: fish meaL

Nippon Yuryo Kentei Kyokai, No.9 3-chome. Kaig andori Naka-ku ,Yokohama, 231 Japan (phone: 81-45-201-8337); Shigeyuki Takahashi: soy-bean, canol a; Naoko Sugeno: NIOPfats and oils.

Norwest Labs, 3131-1 Ave. South,Lethbridge, AB TIJ 4H1, Canada(phone: 403-329-9266); Ken Mrazek:oilseed meaL

Oilseed Board, P.O. Box 1423, Pre-toria 127, South Africa (phone: 27-12-325-5000): Andre Bosman: aflatoxinin peanut butter, aflatoxin in peanutpaste.

OJeotest SA, Lage Weg 427,B2660 Antwerp Hoboken, Belgium(phone: 32-3-216-0115); L.J. Basryns:oilseed meaL

OMIC tnc., 120 N.W. Front Ave.,Suite 100; Portland, OR 97209(phone: 503-224-5929); Lynn Green:unground soybean meal.

Overseas Merchandise InspectionLtd., 31-5 6-chome Sagamigoaka,Zama City, Kanagawa, 228 Japan

Inc .. 1308 Holland Ave., Galena Park,TX 77547 (phone: 713-451-2121);Ramesh Patel: oilseed meal, soybean,tallow and grease, NIOP fats and oils,gas chromatography (FAC), aflatoxinin com meaL

International Analytical Services,Av. La Narina 3035-San Miguel, Lima32, Peru (phone: 51-464-2120); Car-men Caller de Bueno: unground soy-bean meal, fish meal.

Iowa Testing Laboratories Inc.,Highway 17 North, P.O. Box 188,Eagle Grove, IA 50533 (phone: 515-448-4741); Jack W. Henry: oilseedmeal, unground soybean meal, soy-bean, soybean oil, test kit aflatoxin incorn meal.

K-Testing Laboratory Inc., 365 S.Main, Memphis, TN 38103 (phone:901-525-0519); Lee Keating: oilseedmeal, cottonseed. soybean oil, cotton-seed oil.

Karlshamns Inc., 525 W. FirstAve., Columbus, OH 43201 (phone:614-297-6236); Michael Anastasakis:edible fat, gas chromatography (FAC),solid fat content by NMR.

LabCo bv Laboratory Services,Elbeweg 141, 3198 LC Europoort Rt,The Netherlands (phone: 31-1819-62355); Edward J.A. Torsi]: oilseedmeal, gas chromatography (FAC),aflatoxin in com meaL

Lancaster Laboratories lnc., 2425New Holland Pike, Lancaster, PA17601 (phone: 717-656-2308);Deborah Marcuson: gas chromatogra-phy (FAC), trans fatty acids by gaschromatography.

Law & Company, 1763 MontrealCircle, Tucker, GA 30084 (phone:404-934-8200); Robert E. Kieffer:oilseed meal, peanut.

Maize Board, P.O. Box 669, Preto-ria 0001, South Africa (phone: 27-12-325-2133); Andriette De Jager: afla-toxin in corn meal; Eleonora Rava:test kit aflatoxin in com meal.

Microbac Laboratories. 1121 W.Broadway, Louisville, KY 40203(phone: 502-454-2557); Charlie Wolf:gas chromatography (FAC).

Mid-Continent Laboratories. 1511Highland Ave .. P.O. Box 123. Green-wood. MS 38930 (phone: 601-453-3714); Garlon Beckwith: oilseedmeal. cottonseed, soybean. soybeanoil, cottonseed oil.

(phone: 81-46-251-0748); SaburoFuse: NlOP fats and oils; ShigeyukaAdachi: oilseed meal.

Owensboro Grain Edible Oils,1145 Ewing Rd., Owensboro, KY42302 (phone: 502-926-2032); SarahFegenbush: edible fat, soybean oil;Molly Greenwell: edible fat, transfatty acids by gas chromatography.

Pen Laboratories. 145 Peanut Dr.,P.O. Box 267, Edenton, NC 27932(phone: 919-482-4456); Tina Harrell:anatoxin in peanut butter, test kit afla-toxin in peanut paste, test kit aflatoxinin com meal.

Peterson Laboratories Inc., 19 E.4th St., P.O. Box 886. Hutchinson, KS67504-0886 (phone: 316-665-5661);Dennis Hogan: oilseed meal, tallowand grease (MIU and free fatty acidsonly), test kit aflatoxin in corn meal.

Plant Genetic Systems (Canada),104-111 Research Dr., Saskatoon, SKS7N 3R2, Canada (phone: 306-975-6672); David Syme: gas chromatogra-phy (FAC).

Pope Testing Labs, 2618 1/2 MainSt., P.O. Box 903, Dallas, TX 75221(phone: 214-742-8491); Leon Hunter:oilseed meal, cottonseed, peanut, cel-lulose yield, cottonseed oil, test kitaflatoxin in corn meal.

Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, 850C56th St. E, Saskatoon, SK S7K 5Y8,Canada (phone: 306-668-6648);Apostolos Karoutis: gas chromatogra-phy (FAC).

Servi-Tech Inc., P.O. Box 1397,Dodge City, KS 67801 (phone: 316-227-7123); Susan Albrecht, Duane O.Winter: oilseed meal; Susan Albrecht:tallow and grease (MIU and free fattyacids only).

SGS (Thailand) Ltd .. 41123 SoiThai Asahi Glass, Rama III Rd.,Chong non see, Yannawa, Bangkok10120, Thailand (phone: 66-2-2947-48589); Vira Suphanit: fish meal.

SGS Control Services Inc., 120 IW. 8th, P.O. Box 550, Deer Park, TX77536 (phone: 713-479-7170); ZanaGilliam: oilseed meal, safflower, tal-low and grease, soybean oil, cotton-seed oil. vegetable oil for color only,NIOP fats and oils. gas chromatogra-phy (FAC).

SGS Control Services Inc., P.O.Box 1328, Kenner, LA 70063 (phone:504-469-6401); Larry McCarthy:

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oilseed meal, soybean, safflower, sun-flower. tallow and grease, soybean oil,vegetable oil for color only, NIOP fatsand oils, gas chromatography (FAC),anatoxin in com meal.

SGS Control Services lnc., 1025Harbor, P.O. Box 13484, Memphis,TN 38113 (phone: 901-775-1660);Sandra Holloway: oilseed mea\, tallowand grease, soybean oil, vegetable oilfor color only. NIOP fats and oils,aflatoxin in corn meal; E. WayneEmmons: olive oil, gas chromatogra-phy (FAC), trails fauy acids by gaschromatography.

SGS General Testing Labs, 1001 E.Pender St., Vancouver. Be V6A IW2,Canada (phone: 604-254-1647); PeterTaylor: canota, NIQP fats and oils,fish meal.

Southwell Laboratory tnc., 1838S.W. 13th St., P.O. Box 25001(73125), Oklahoma City, OK 73108-3404 (phone: 405-232-1966); SusieSouthwell: oilseed meal, tallow, andgrease.

Thionville Laboratories Inc., 5440Pepsi St., P.O. Box 23687, NewOrleans, LA 70183 (phone: 504-733-9603); Boyce Butler. Robert Shelton,Paul Thionville: oilseed meal, soy-bean, safflower, canol a, sunflower,edible fat, tallow and grease, soybeanoil, cottonseed oil. olive oil, palm oil,NIOP fats and oils, gas chromatogra-phy (FAC), aflatoxin in peanut paste,aflatoxin in corn meal, fish meal,marine oil, marine oil fatty acid pro-file, trans fatty acids by gas chro-matography.

UBF, Altlandsberger Chaussee 63a,15370 Fredersdorf, Germany (phone:49-33-439-6342); Joerg T. Moersel:trails fatty acids by lR.

Woodson-Tenent Laboratories Inc.,313 E. Helena St., P.O. Box 164, Day-ton, OH 45404 (phone: 513-222-4179); Douglas McLemore: oilseedmeal. unground soybean meal, soy-bean, soybean oil.

Woodson-Tenent Laboratories Inc.,3507 Delaware Ave., P.O. Box 1292(50305), Des Moines, IA 50313(phone: 515-265-1461); Ardin Back-ous. John Ledin, William Slagle:oilseed meal, unground soybean meal,soybean, sunflower, tallow and grease,soybean oil, vegetable oil for coloronly. gas chromatography (FAC), afla-

toxin in com meal, fish meal, marineoil fatty acid profile.

Woodson- Tenent Laboratories Inc.,Atlas Circle, P.O. Box 1097,Gainesville, GA 30501 (phone: 770-536-5909); Elaine Abbott, RobertBrooks: oilseed meal, unground soy-bean meal, soybean, fish meal.

Woodson- Tenent Laboratories Inc.,West 902 Highway, P.O. Box 367,Goldston, NC 27252 (phone: 919-837-2121); Newton Beavers: oilseedmeal, unground soybean meal, soy-bean, tallow and grease, soybean oil,fish meal.

Woodson- Tenent Laboratories Inc.,345 Adams Ave., P.O. Box 2135,Memphis, TN 38101 (phone: 901-521-45(0); Joseph Williams, W. Mil-ton Adams: gas chromatography(FAC), marine oil fatty acid profile,trans fatty acids by gas chromatogra-phy; Joseph Williams: aflatoxin incottonseed meal, aflatoxin in cornmeal, aflatoxin in milk.

Woodson- Tenent Laboratories Inc.,312 N. Hemlock St., P.O. Box 5341,North Little Rock, AR 72119 (phone:501-374-5181); Cecil Bogy, JohnPeden: oilseed meal, unground soy-bean meal, cottonseed, soybean, tal-low and grease, soybean oil, cotton-seed oil, vegetable oil for color only,aflatoxin in cottonseed meal, aflatoxinin com meal, fish meal.

Zapata Protein lnc., Highway 659,P.O. Box 175, Reedville, VA 22539(phone: 804-453-4211); Delois Black-well: marine oil.

Zapata Protein Inc., 1605 N. Morn-son, Hammond, LA 70401 (phone:504-345-0239); Earl Louviere: fishmeal, marine oil.

having an AOCS approved chemist onstaff, and maintaining laboratory facil-ities equipped to perform AOCSmethodology. Certification entitles alaboratory to serve as a NOPA refereefor soybean meal analyses.

The laboratories qualifying forcertification in the 1996 programare: A & A Laboratories Inc., Admi-ral Testing Services Inc., Barrow-Agee Labs Inc., Central AnalyticalLaboratory Inc., Hahn LaboratoriesInc., Inchcape Testing ServicesCaleb Brett (Memphis), lnchcapeTesting Services Caleb Brett(Metairie), K- Testing LaboratoryInc., Mid-Continent Laboratories(Jackson), Norwest Labs, SGS Con-trol Services Inc. (Kenner), SGSControl Services Inc. (Memphis),Thionville Laboratories Inc., Wood-son-Tenent Laboratories Inc. (Day-ton), Woodson- Tenent LaboratoriesInc. (Des Moines), Woodson-TenentLaboratories Inc. (Gainesville),Woodson- Tenent Laboratories Inc.(Goldston), and Woodson- TenentLaboratories Inc. (North LittleRock).

North Central Sectionto hold Nov. 13 sessionAOCS' North Central Section is orga-nizing a symposium, Recent Trends inFoods Lipids: Genetically ModifiedOilseeds, to be held Nov. 13, 19%, inthe Rosemont (Illinois) Expo Center.There is no registration fee for theevent.

The symposium is pari of anexpanded program for a Suppliers'Night event organized annually by theChicago area chapter of the Instituteof Food Technologists (IFf). This willmark the first year the AOCS NorthCentral Section has helped organizethe event.

The North Central Symposium willbe held from 9-11:30 a.m. Speakersand topics will be Willie Loh, Cargill,on Considerations for Genetic Alter-ation of Oilseeds; William Soucie,Pioneer Hi-Bred International, onFarm-to-Foods: The Path of Identity-Preserved Oils; Kathleen Warner, U.S.

Eighteen labs certifiedfor soybean mealEighteen of the laboratories listed inthe previous article also have receivedcertification for soybean meal analy-ses.

The certification program, spon-sored by the AOCS and the NationalOilseed Processors Association(NOPA), involves successful analysesof 12 blind check samples annually,

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Department of Agriculture, on Evalua-lion of Genetically Altered Oils; andPeter Hurh, Kraft Foods, on Nutrition-al Considerations of GeneticallyAltered Oils.A corresponding 1FT-organized

symposium on Product Developmentin a Global Market Place will he heldfrom [-3 p.m.

The exhibit by about 300 suppliersto the food industry will be held from1-7 p.m. During recent years, 2,500 to3,500 persons have attended the event,making it one of the largest foodexhibit events annually in the UnitedStares.

AOCS section, divisionto hold joint meetingAndrew Sinclair, professor in theDepartment of Food Science at RMITUniversity in Melbourne. Victoria.Australia, will speak on "The Role ofDietary Omega-3 Fatty Acids in theVisual Function" to a joint meeting ofthe AGeS Ohio Valley Section andAOCS Health and Nutrition Divisionon Nov. 14.

The meeting will be held at theRadisson Airport Hotel in Columbus,Ohio. A reception with cash bar willbegin at 6:30 p.m. with dinner servedat 7 p.m. Sinclair's talk will begin at 8p.m.

Persons wishing to attend shouldmake reservations prior to Nov. 8 witheither Matthew White of Henkel Cor-poration, 4900 Este Ave., Cincinnati,Ohio (phone 513-482-2250; fax: 513-482-2(07) or Vic Huang at Ross Prod-ucts Division, Abbott Labs-Med. Nutr.R&D, 625 Cleveland Ave., Columbus,OH 43215-1724 (phone: 614-624-3501; fax: 614-624-7270).

ObituariesR.H, JonesAOCS has been informed of the deathof Raymond H. Jones, president ofEnviro-Chem Professional Serviceslnc., a consulting firm, in Minnetonka,Minnesota.

Mr. Jones had been an AOCSmember since 1953. He was a gradu-ate of the University of Chicago andwas working as plant chemist at theformer Swift & Co. soybean solventextraction facility in Champaign, illi-nois, when he joined AOCS.

He later worked for Darling &Company in Chicago. Illinois. beforejoining the Henkel Corporation inMinneapolis, where he became a vicepresident.

G_K KussGeorge E. Kuss, an AOCS membersince 1958, died at his Memphis, Ten-nessee, home on Aug. 17, 1996, ofheart failure. He was 66 years old.

Mr. Kuss began his career with TheHumko Corporation in the firm's pro-duction depanment. After a brief peri-od as a deodorizer operator, he movedinto the technical department wherehe began working as a research tech-nician in a lab shared with Alton E.Bailey. While there, he worked onsome of the projects that later provid-ed information for Mr. Bailey's Hand-book of lndustrial Fats and Oils.

After working several years in theresearch department, Mr. Kuss wasassigned duties in the technical ser-vices department, where he workedwith the production, engineering, andsales departments. During this time hewas part of the team that supervisedthe planning and construction of theoil refinery that Humko built in BuenaPark, California. He also was assignedto participate in management of thedesign, installation, and operation of

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the Humko pilot plant in Memphis.There he had primary responsibilityfor developing new products andsupervising process improvement fea-sibility studies. He held two patentsfor processing of specially oils.

Mr. Kuss retired in early 1995 after47 years with the Humko organizationand its successor companies.

He is survived by his wife,Eleanor; three sons, Randy, Danny.and Jimmy, and their families; hismother, Eileen Walsingham; andseven grandchildren. The family hasrequested that memorial gifts be sentto Decatur Trinity Christian Church,2449 Altguria, Banlett, TN 38134.

(Respectfully prepared by MichaelErickson, AC Humko; and DowardBenefield, Humko, retired.)

John A. RothfusJohn A. Rothfus, a chemist and for-mer research leader at the U.S.Depanment of Agriculture's NationalCenter for Agricultural UtilizationResearch, died Sept. 10, 1996, in Peo-ria, Illinois. Dr. Rothfus received hisbachelor's degree with Phi BetaKappa honors from Drake Universityin 1955. and his doctorate in biochem-istry in 1960 from the University ofIllinois. He was an assistant professorat the University of Utah for two yearsand University of California for twoyears before he joined the USDAfacility in Peoria in 1965.

Dr. Rothfus had been an AOCSmember since 1980. He was a 1996recipient of the Archer Daniels Mid-land Award during the AOCS AnnualMeeting & Expo in indianapolis, Indi-ana, for his publications on computersimulations of seed protein. Dr. Roth-Ius also was a member of the Ameri-can Chemical Society and the NewYork Academy of Science.

Survivors include his wife, PaulaKay; a daughter and a son. •

Recent abstracts for JADeS and Lipidsare now available on the AOCShome page!

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