A tentative chemical structure of wheat straw lignin

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Sun, Runcang ^a   Lawther, J M ^a   Banks, W B ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical structure; Ferulic acid; Lignin; p Coumaric acid; Phenolic acids and aldehydes; Polysaccharides; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031080196     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(96)00170-7     Document Type: Article

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