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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
- 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...
- 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;...
- 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...
- 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...
