Lignin and hydroxycinnamic acids in walls of brown midrib mutants of sorghum, pearl millet and maize stems

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 174-178

  Lam, Thi Bach Tuyet ^a   Iiyama, Kenji ^a,b   Stone, Bruce A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaline nitrobenzene oxidation; Brown midrib mutant; Ferulic acid; Ferulic acid ester ether bridges; Hydroxycinnamic acid; Lignin; Lignin determination; p coumaric acid; Pennisetum americanum; Sorghum bicolor; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000119972     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199606)71:2<174::aid-jsfa559>3.3.co;2-w     Document Type: Article

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