Supramolecular Self-Assembled Chaos: Polyphenolic Lignin’s Barrier to Cost-Effective Lignocellulosic Biofuels

Supramolecular Self-Assembled Chaos: Polyphenolic Lignin’s Barrier to Cost-Effective Lignocellulosic Biofuels

Phenylpropanoid metabolism yields a mixture of monolignols that undergo chaotic, non-enzymatic reactions such as free radical polymerization and spontaneous self-assembly in order to form the polyphenolic lignin which is a barrier to cost-effective lignocellulosic biofuels. Post-synthesis lignin int...

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Main Authors: Shawn Matthew Dirk, Jason Carl Harper, Blake Alexander Simmons, Anup Kumar Singh, Paul David Adams, Ann Mary Achyuthan, Komandoor Elayavalli Achyuthan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-11-01
Series:Molecules
Subjects:
lignin
supramolecular self-assembly
cell wall
deconstruction
enzymes
LCC
fractal
lignocellulosic biofuels
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/15/12/8641/

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