Are lignins optically active?

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2991-2996

  Ralph, John ^a,b   Peng, Junpeng ^a   Lu, Fachuang ^a,b   Hatfield, Ronald D ^a   Helm, Richard F ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Fralin Life Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

CAD deficient pine mutant; Chirality; Circular dichroism; DFRC; Lignin; Lignin dimer; Maize; Optical activity; Pine, kenaf; Racemic

Indexed keywords

DIMER; LIGNIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHIRALITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATION; DIMERIZATION; ENANTIOMER; GYMNOSPERM; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL ROTATION; PINE; REACTION ANALYSIS; TREE;

CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; GYMNOSPERMS; LIGNIN; TREES;

GYMNOSPERMAE; HIBISCUS CANNABINUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032876413     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9901136     Document Type: Article

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