From Benzyl sulfide to Benzyl sulfoxide

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Medline reference
Van Hamme JD, Wong ET, Dettman H, Gray MR, Pickard MA. Appl Environ Microbiol (2003) 69(2): 1320-4.

Search Medline for dibenzyl sulfide metabolism.
16 citations on March 09, 2012. 
    Benzyl sulfide     
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  1.10.3.2 | Search GenBank, 1717 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
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   Benzyl sulfoxide
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
disubstituted Sulfide -----> disubstituted Sulfoxide (bt0162)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1017.
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