Lignin structure and wood properties

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 426-433

  Abreu, Heber Dos Santos ^a   Do Nascimento, Alexandre Miguel ^a   Maria, Marcos Antônio ^a  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Guaiacyiglycerol aryl ether ( O 4); Index of molecular flexibility (IMF); Infrared; Lignin; Methoxyl group; Wood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001659447     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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