Quantitative Examination of Pre-Extraction Treatment on the Determination of Lignin Content in Leaves

It has been suggested that the Klason method overestimates the lignin content of non-wood tissues of plants. To evaluate the effect of pre-extraction treatments on lignin determination in leaves, nine kinds of pre-extraction treatment were applied to ginkgo leaves and zelkova leaves. The apparent li...

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Main Authors: Morikazu Toda, Takuya Akiyama, Tomoya Yokoyama, Yuji Matsumoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina State University 2015-02-01
Series:BioResources
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Online Access:http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_10_2_2328_Toda_Quantitative_Preextraction_Lignin_Leaf