lignocellulose
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Biodegradable yet tough enough to withstand hurricanes, leaves get their strength from their “skeleton,” a highly ramified network of fine veins made of a woody compound called lignocellulose.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 24, 2024
Velickovic performed all the hands-on experiments in the lab, collecting material for the slides, scanning the samples to view and identify metabolites in each of the sections, and identifying hot spots of lignocellulose degradation.
From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024
The cell walls of plant stems that are stiffened by lignocellulose not only support an upright growth habit but are also coincidentally used as the starting materials for biofuel production.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 6, 2011
Such insights into the molecular regulation of lignocellulose formation point to a possible way to increase biomass yield for biofuel production.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 6, 2011
The hydrolysed by-products, moreover, when freed from sulphur and distilled from hydrochloric acid, yielded only an additional 2.5 p.ct. furfural, calculated to the original lignocellulose.
From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.
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