Characterisation of lignin from parenchyma and sclerenchyma cell walls of the maize internode

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-16

  Chesson, Andrew ^a   Provan, Gordon J ^a   Russell, Wendy ^a   Scobbie, Lorraine ^a   Chabbert, Brigitte ^b   Monties, Bernard ^b  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

4 M NaOH; cell walls; ferulic acid; lignin; microwave digestion; p coumaric acid; parenchyma; phenolic acids; sclerenchyma; syringyl guaiacyl ratio; thioacidolysis; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031029429     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199701)73:1<10::AID-JSFA697>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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