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Lignin
Lignin Lig"nin (l[i^]g"n[i^]n), n. [L. lignum wood: cf. F.
lignine.] (Bot.)
A substance characterizing wood cells and differing from
cellulose in its conduct with certain chemical reagents.
Note: Recent authors have distinguished four forms of this
substance, naming them lignose, lignin, lignone, and
lignireose.
Meaning of Lignin from wikipedia
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Lignin is a cl**** of
complex organic polymers that form key
structural materials in the
support tissues of most plants.
Lignins are
particularly important...
- The term "
Lignin characterization" (or "
Lignin analysis")
refers to a
group of
activities within lignin research aiming at
describing the characteristics...
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Lignin-modifying
enzymes (LMEs) are
various types of
enzymes produced by
fungi and
bacteria that
catalyze the
breakdown of
lignin, a
biopolymer commonly...
- the
unwanted lignin, but not the
cellulose fibres. In the
biopulping process, the
fungal enzyme lignin peroxidase selectively digests lignin to
leave remaining...
- (4-allyl-2-methoxyphenol). Today,
artificial vanillin is made
either from
guaiacol or
lignin.
Lignin-based
artificial vanilla flavoring is
alleged to have a
richer flavor...
- a
chemical pulping process separates lignin from
cellulose fibre. A
cooking liquor is used to
dissolve the
lignin,
which is then
washed from the cellulose;...
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deplete oxygen concentration in water, but the
breakdown of
lignin does. This
breakdown of
lignin includes an
oxidative mechanism, and
requires the presence...
- Lignosulfonates, or
sulfonated lignin are water-soluble
anionic polyelectrolyte polymers: they are
byproducts from the
production of wood pulp
using sulfite...
- In enzymology, a
lignin peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.14) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction 1,2-bis(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)propane-1,3-diol + H2O2...
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leave most of the
lignin with the fibers,
whereas kraft pulping removes most of the
lignin present originally in the wood. Low
lignin is
important to the...