Definition of Lignins

1. Noun. (plural of lignin) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lignins

1. lignin [n] - See also: lignin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lignins

lignicolous
ligniferous
lignification
lignifications
lignified
lignifies
ligniform
lignify
lignifying
lignin
lignin-forming peroxidase
lignin peroxidase
ligninase
ligninases
ligninolytic
lignins (current term)
ligniperdous
lignireose
lignite
lignites
lignitic
lignitiferous
lignivorous
lignocaine
lignocellulose
lignocelluloses
lignocellulosic
lignoceric
lignoceric acid
lignoceroyl-CoA ligase

Literary usage of Lignins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organic Agricultural Chemistry (the Chemistry of Plants and Animals): A by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1916)
"These substances are known in general as lignins, and the celluloses formed ... It is probable that these lignins are in actual chemical combination with ..."

2. Principles of Agricultural Chemistry by George Stronach Fraps (1913)
"The chemical nature of the lignins is not clearly known. ... The quantity of lignins in the plant increases with the age of the plant tissue. ..."

3. Bleaching, by S.H. Higgins by Sydney Herbert Higgins (1921)
"They have similar carbon contents to the lignins (69-70 per cent), ... lignins on oxidation give The outer layers of the cell wall undergo a process of ..."

4. The Manufacture of Pulp and Paper: A Textbook of Modern Pulp and Paper Mill by J. Newell Stephenson (1922)
"But lignin is hardly a uniform compound, and recent researches by Klason appear to indicate at least two lignins in spruce wood — a-lignin ..."

5. Innovation, Patents and Technological Strategies by OECD Staff, Oced (1996)
"... peptides or proteins; lignins or reaction 1980-93 products thereof 530 4.44 Chemistry molecular biology and microbiology 435 3 46 Drug, bio-affecting ..."

6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The most difficult part of the problem, as indicated by the speaker, was the final separation of the lignins and cellulose, and allied bodies, ..."

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