Structure and morphology of cladodes and spines of Opuntia ficus-indica. Cellulose extraction and characterisation

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-83

  Malainine, Mohamed E ^a,b   Dufresne, Alain ^a   Dupeyre, Danièle ^a   Mahrouz, Mostafa ^a,b   Vuong, Roger ^a   Vignon, Michel R ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cactus; Cellulose; Microscopy; Morphology; Opuntia ficus indica; Structure

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FLOCCULATION; MOISTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

MICROFIBRILS;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE; ELASTIC STRENGTH; FIBRILS; FLOCCULATION; PARENCHYMA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA;

EID: 0037209456     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8617(02)00157-1     Document Type: Article

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