Structural Analysis of Wheat Straw Lignin by Quantitative 31P and 2D NMR Spectroscopy. The Occurrence of Ester Bonds and α-O-4 Substructures

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1212-1219

  Crestini, Claudia ^a,b   Argyropoulos, Dimitris S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

2D NMR; Structural analysis; Wheat straw lignin

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0642362796     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960568k     Document Type: Article

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