Epigallocatechin gallate incorporation into lignin enhances the alkaline delignification and enzymatic saccharification of cell walls

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Elumalai, Sasikumar ^a   Tobimatsu, Yuki ^b   Grabber, John H ^c   Pan, Xuejun ^a   Ralph, John ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Digestibility; Lignification; Pretreatment; Radical cross coupling; Saccharification

Indexed keywords

BENZYL ETHERS; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS CROP; BIOMASS PROCESSING; CELL WALLS; CROSS-COUPLED; CROSS-COUPLINGS; CROSS-LINKING OF LIGNIN; DIGESTIBILITY; ENZYMATIC SACCHARIFICATION; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GALLATE; IN-VITRO; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; LIGNIFICATION; LIGNIN BIOSYNTHESIS; MOLAR RATIO; MONOLIGNOLS; PHENOLIC MONOMERS; PLANT CELL WALL; PLANT GENETIC ENGINEERING; PRE-TREATMENT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; BIOMIMETICS; CELLS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CYTOLOGY; DELIGNIFICATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; PHENOLS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SACCHARIFICATION;

LIGNIN;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DIGESTIBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; LIGNIN; MAIZE; POLYMERIZATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIBILITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGNIFICATION; PHENOLS; PRETREATMENT; SACCHARIFICATION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84864799840     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-5-59     Document Type: Article

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