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Bioresour Technol. 2010 Jun;101(11):4056-61. | Determination of Eucalyptus spp lignin S/G ratio: a comparison between methods.[Pubmed: 20133130] | METHODS AND RESULTS:
The syringyl/guaiacyl ratio was determined for six different Eucalyptus spp. wood clones cultivated in four regions in Brazil. The determinants were made by pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC-MS) and the results were compared with those obtained by alkaline nitrobenzene oxidation method. The S/G ratios were obtained considering all the identified lignin derivatives in the pyrograms and also using two groups of markers. The first group of markers consisted of guaiacol, 4-methylguaiacol, 4-vinylguaiacol, trans-isoeugenol, syringol, 4-methylsyringol, 4-vinylsyringol and trans-4-propenylsyringol compounds as markers. The second group included guaiacol, 4-methylguaiacol, 4-vinylguaiacol, vanillin, 4-Ethylsyringol, 4-vinylsyringol, syringaldehyde, syringylacetone and trans-4-propenylsyringol.
CONCLUSIONS:
It was observed from the statistical analysis that the values of S/G obtained by Py-GC-MS using the two groups of markers did not differ significantly from those obtained by nitrobenzene oxidation method. |
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