Extraction and isolation of lignin for utilization as a standard to determine lignin concentration using the acetyl bromide spectrophotometric method

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 3133-3139

  Fukushima, Romualdo S ^a   Hatfield, Ronald D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Acetyl bromide lignin assay; Dioxane; Forages; Lignin; Spectrophotometric method

Indexed keywords

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; DIOXANE DERIVATIVE; LIGNIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION; OXIDATION; PLANT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STANDARD;

ACETATES; LIGNIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; POACEAE; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0034846209     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf010449r     Document Type: Article

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