By
RunCang Sun, State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China, and Institute of Biomass Chemistry
and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China
Description
The first book to examine straw chemistry in its entirety,
Cereal Straws describes the recent development of techniques for fractionation
of and conversion to environmental friendly materials. Balanced coverage of theory and applications includes: the analysis of straw structure
and its components; extractives, from isolation to structural characterization; isolation, modification, and purification of hemicelluloses;
the occurrence, structure, and chemical modification of cellulose; straw lignins, including their occurrence, structure and constitution,
isolation and heterogeneity, and physico-chemical properties; and utilization of straw and straw components after chemical modification.
