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Methods in Lignin Chemistry

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The development of lignin methodology can be credited in large measure to the recognized need to define more accurately and precisely the structure of lignin as present in plant tissue and in isolated form. Thus, as a result of the sustained application of standard and uniquely adapted analytical procedures and of increasingly sophisticated instrumentation, the concept of lignin has been progressively refined to a degree where, at present, lignin structure and morphology are considered to be adequately, if not perfectly, defined.

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    Carlton W. Dence

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Dence, C.W., Lin, S.Y. (1992). Introduction. In: Lin, S.Y., Dence, C.W. (eds) Methods in Lignin Chemistry. Springer Series in Wood Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74065-7_1

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