What is it about?
Compression wood has elevated levels of p-hydroxyphenyl units in its lignin. Analysis of thin slivers of juvenile (2-year-old) pine wood by pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) was explored as a fast and highthroughput method to assess compression wood (CW) via the ratio of the p-hydroxyphenyl to guaiacyl units (H/Gratio).
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Why is it important?
Chemical methods to detect H/G ratio are time consuming but Py-GC/MS offers a fast high-throughput method.
Perspectives
This publication was a resulted from me searching to screen through large number of compression wood samples from an experiment.
Dr Bernadette Nanayakkara
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This page is a summary of: Screening of juvenile Pinus radiata wood by means of Py-GC/MS for compression wood focussing on the ratios of p-hydroxyphenyl to guaiacyl units (H/G ratios), Holzforschung, January 2016, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/hf-2015-0068.
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