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reference. Mass spectra (EI) were obtained at 70 eV on
a Hewlett Packard HP-5890 GC/MS instrument equipped
with a HP-5972 selective mass detector. Infrared (FT-IR)
spectra were obtained on a Nicolet-Nexus spectrophoto-
meter. The purity of volatile compounds and the chromato-
graphic analyses (GC) were determined with a Shimadzu
GC-9A instrument equipped with a flame-ionization
detector and a 2 m column (1.5% OV17 9A SUS Chrom
103 80/1000), using nitrogen as carrier gas.
Valenciana (GV; grants no. GRUPOS03/135 and
GV05/005).
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Acknowledgements
We thank the CONICET (grant no. 705/2004) and
SGCyT-UNS (Project 24/Q014) from Argentina for
financial support. Y.M. also thanks the CONICET for a
doctoral fellowship. This work was also generously
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supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia
(MEC; grant no. CTQ2004-01261) and the Generalitat
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