Modelling the feasibility of intramolecular dehydrodiferulate formation in grass walls

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 425-427

  Hatfield, Ronald D ^b   Ralph, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell walls; Diferulate formation; Ferulates; Molecular modelling

Indexed keywords

ARABINOXYLAN; CELL WALL; COVALENT BOND; DEHYDRODIFERULATE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; XYLOSE;

EID: 0033064480     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(19990301)79:3<425::AID-JSFA282>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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