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1. The plant material ofFucus vesiculosus has been treated with metallic sodium in liquid ammonia. The total yield of products extractable by ether was 1.1%.
2. In the products of the decomposition of the lignin ofFucus vesiculosus 12 phenols and acids have been identified by paper chromatography and gas-liquid chromatography and it has thereby been established that the lignin of algae consists of p-coumaryl, guaiacyl, and syringyl structural units.
3. The composition of the decomposition products confirms the hypothesis expressed previously that the brown algaFucus vesiculosus contains lignin.
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S. M. Kirov Belorussian Technological Institute, Minsk. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 645–647, September–October, 1978.
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Reznikov, V.M., Mikhaseva, M.F. & Zil'bergleit, M.A. The lignin of the algaFucus vesiculosus . Chem Nat Compd 14, 554–556 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00567155
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