Naturally p-Hydroxybenzoylated Lignins in Palms

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 934-952

  Lu, Fachuang ^a   Karlen, Steven D ^a   Regner, Matt ^a   Kim, Hoon ^a   Ralph, Sally A ^b   Sun, Run Cang ^c   Kuroda, Ken ichi ^d   Augustin, Mary Ann ^e   Mawson, Raymond ^e   Sabarez, Henry ^e   Singh, Tanoj ^e   Jimenez Monteon, Gerardo ^f   Zakaria, Sarani ^g   Hill, Stefan ^h   Harris, Philip J ⁱ   Boerjan, Wout ^j,k   Wilkerson, Curtis G ^l,m   Mansfield, Shawn D ⁿ   Ralph, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

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

^g UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^h SCION   (New Zealand)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^j DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^k GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^l Michigan State University   (United States)

^m MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

DFRC method; Lignin acylation; Monolignol; NMR; p Hydroxybenzoic acid; Poplar; Transferase

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIGNIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OIL SHALE; OPERATING COSTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

DFRC METHOD; MONOLIGNOL; P-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; POPLAR; TRANSFERASE;

PALM OIL;

EID: 84940954888     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-015-9583-4     Document Type: Article

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