Analysis of aliphatic biopolymers using thermochemolysis with tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 5-7 -7 pt 2, 1998, Pages 1441-1451

  Del Río, Jose C ^a,b   Hatcher, Patrick G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cuticle; Cutin; Fatty acids; Suberin; TMAH thermochemolysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; ETHERS; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYESTERS; SAPONIFICATION;

ALKANEDIOIC ACID; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; THERMOCHEMOLYSIS; TRANSESTERIFICATION;

BIOPOLYMERS;

ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032215137     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(98)00070-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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