Tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) thermochemolysis for probing in situ softwood lignin modification in each gut segment of the termite

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1299-1308

  Ke, Jing ^a   Laskar, Dhrubojyoti D ^a   Chen, Shulin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gut segment; softwood tissue; stepwise lignin unlocking; wood feeding termite

Indexed keywords

ALIMENTARY CANAL; DEHYDROXYLATIONS; GUT SEGMENT; LIGNOCELLULOSE DEGRADATION; PLANT CELL WALL; PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRIES; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; SOFTWOOD LIGNIN; STEPWISE LIGNIN UNLOCKING; TETRAMETHYL AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; THERMOCHEMOLYSIS; WOOD-FEEDING TERMITES;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHENOLS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; SOFTWOODS; TISSUE;

LIGNIN;

LIGNIN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOPTERA; METABOLISM; WOOD;

ANIMALS; DIGESTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOPTERA; LIGNIN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; WOOD;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGNINS; PHENOLS; PLANTS; SOFTWOODS; TERMITES; TISSUE CULTURE; WOOD;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 84873651530     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf3048548     Document Type: Article

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