Current wet chemical methods for biomass composition analysis using two-step sulfuric acid
hydrolysis are time-consuming, labor-intensive, and unable to provide structural information …

The combination of dwindling petroleum reserves and population growth make the
development of renewable energy and chemical resources more pressing than ever before …

Lignin is by far the most abundant substance based on aromatic moieties in nature, and the
largest contributor to soil organic matter. Millions of tonnes of several lignin preparations are …

We report the draft genome of the black cottonwood tree, Populus trichocarpa. Integration of
shotgun sequence assembly with genetic mapping enabled chromosome-scale …

Wood is the most important natural and endlessly renewable source of energy and therefore
has a major future role as an environmentally cost-effective alternative to burning fossils …

Class III plant peroxidase (POX), a plant-specific oxidoreductase, is one of the many types of
peroxidases that are widely distributed in animals, plants and microorganisms. POXs exist …

Cinnamic acid and its phenolic analogues are natural substances. Chemically, in cinnamic
acids the 3-phenyl acrylic acid functionality offers three main reactive sites; substitution at …

Over the past four decades, there has been immense progress in every area of lignin
science, ranging from the enzymology of lignin biodegradation, to the delignification of wood …

Due to the high market demand for off-season vegetables and the limited availability of
arable land, vegetable seedlings are cultivated under changing environmental conditions …

Agricultural by-products are the most promising feedstock for the generation of renewable,
carbon neutral substitutes for synthetic materials (eg biofuel, building materials). The …