Physicochemical and structural characterization of alkali soluble lignins from oil palm trunk and empty fruit-bunch fibers

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2930-2936

  Sun, RunCang ^a   Fang, J M ^a   Tomkinson, J ^a   Bolton, J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C NMR spectroscopy; Alkaline lignin; Alkaline nitrobenzene oxidation; Empty fruit bunch fiber; FT IR; Molecular weight; Oil palm trunk fiber

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; CELL EXTRACT; FERULIC ACID; HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LIGNIN; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; EXTRACTION; FIBER; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TREE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ALKALIES; LIGNIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; TREES;

EID: 0032867840     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9810463     Document Type: Article

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