Detection and determination of p-coumaroylated units in lignins

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1988-1992

  Lu, Fachuang ^a   Ralph, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

aryl ether; Acetyl bromide; Acetylation; Bamboo; Bromegrass; Bromination; Cleavage; DFRC; Gas chromatography; Gramineae; Grass; Lignin; Maize; p coumarate; Phenolic acid; Quantitative analysis; Reductive elimination

Indexed keywords

COUMARIC ACID; ESTER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; LIGNIN; PARA COUMARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DERIVATIZATION; ESTERIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRASS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REDUCTION;

CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; COUMARIC ACIDS; ESTERS; ETHERS; LIGNIN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POACEAE;

BROMUS SECALINUS; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032845294     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf981140j     Document Type: Article

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