Comparison of the acetyl bromide spectrophotometric method with other analytical lignin methods for determining lignin concentration in forage samples

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3713-3720

  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 soluble lignin; Acid detergent lignin; Dioxane; In vitro digestibility; Klason lignin; Permanganate lignin

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; DIOXANE; LIGNIN; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE;

ACETYL BROMIDE SOLUBLE LIGNIN METHOD; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIGESTION; EXTRACTION; FORAGE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ACETATES; ANIMAL FEED; CELL WALL; CEREALS; DIGESTION; LIGNIN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 2942627241     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf035497l     Document Type: Article

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