The omnipresent water fern Azolla caroliniana does not contain lignin

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 846-850

  Nierop, Klaas G J ^a   Speelman, Eveline N ^a   de Leeuw, Jan W ^a,b,c   Reichart, Gert Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c Palaeoecology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED TANNINS; FLASH PYROLYSIS; HIGHER PLANTS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; THERMALLY ASSISTED HYDROLYSIS AND METHYLATION;

ALKYLATION; PYROLYSIS;

LIGNIN;

FERN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYDROLYSIS; LEAF; LIGNIN; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PYROLYSIS; TANNIN;

AZOLLA; AZOLLA CAROLINIANA; AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; EMBRYOPHYTA; HYDROPTERIDALES;

EID: 79960926270     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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