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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 55, Issue 14, Pages 5461-5468Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf0705264
Keywords
lignin; angiosperms; gymnosperms; eudicotyledons; monocotyledons; coniferyl acetate; sinapyl acetate; abaca; sisal; kenaf; hornbeam; Derivatization Followed by Reductive Cleavage (DFRC)
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This work examines the occurrence of native acetylated lignin in a large set of vascular plants, including both angiosperms and gymnosperms, by a modification of the so-called Derivatization Followed by Reductive Cleavage (DFRC) method. Acetylated lignin units were found in the milled wood lignins of all angiosperms selected for this study, including mono- and eudicotyledons, but were absent in the gymnosperms analyzed. In some plants (e.g., abaca, sisal, kenaf, or hornbeam), lignin acetylation occurred at a very high extent, exceeding 45% of the uncondensed (alkyl-aryl ether linked) syringyl lignin units. Acetylation was observed exclusively at the gamma-carbon of the lignin side chain and predominantly on syringyl units, although a predominance of acetylated guaiacyl over syringyl units was observed in some plants. In all cases, acetylation appears to occur at the monomer stage, and sinapyl and coniferyl acetates seem to behave as real lignin monomers participating in lignification.
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