Differences in the chemical structure of the lignins from sugarcane bagasse and straw

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 322-338

  del Río, José C ^a   Lino, Alessandro G ^a,b   Colodette, Jorge L ^b   Lima, Claudio F ^b   Gutiérrez, Ana ^a   Martínez, Ángel T ^c   Lu, Fachuang ^d   Ralph, John ^d   Rencoret, Jorge ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

DFRC; Lignin acylation; NMR; P Coumarates; Saccharum spp.; Tricin

Indexed keywords

ACYLATION; BAGASSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ETHERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; DERIVATIZATION FOLLOWED BY REDUCTIVE CLEAVAGE; DFRC; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE(NMR); RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SACCHARUM SPP; TRICIN;

LIGNIN;

AGROINDUSTRY; CHEMICAL BONDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ETHER; FURAN; LIGNIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRAW; SUGAR CANE;

ACYLATION; BAGASSE; LIGNINS; STRAW; SUGAR CANE;

POACEAE; SACCHARUM;

EID: 84938271057     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: 18732909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.07.006     Document Type: Article

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