Structure and composition of sweet sorghum stalk components

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 297-302

  Billa, Evaggeli ^a   Koullas, Dimitris P ^a   Monties, Bernard ^b   Koukios, Emmanuel G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Bark; Lignin structure; Phenolic acids; Pith; Sugars; Sweet sorghum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030829427     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(97)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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