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Basic wood chemistry and cell wall ultrastructure

  • Walker J
Springer Netherlands, (1993), 23-67
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-8110-3_2
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Abstract

All woods are composed of cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin. Cellulose and hemicelluloses are polysaccharides while lignin is an oxygenated polymer of phenylpropane units. In addition there is a variable quantity of extraneous chemicals known collectively as...

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Walker, J. C. F. (1993). Basic wood chemistry and cell wall ultrastructure. In Primary Wood Processing (pp. 23–67). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8110-3_2

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