hemicellulose
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-003117
A celluloselike material (in wood) that is easily decomposable as by dilute acid, yielding several different simple sugars.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-003117 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| References | Forest Products Laboratory. 2010. Wood handbook - Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-190. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | polysaccharides; cell walls; cellulosic wastes; neutral detergent fiber; lignin; xylan; mannans |
| Translations | Spanish: hemicelulosa |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-AGR-003117",
"term": "hemicellulose",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "A celluloselike material (in wood) that is easily decomposable as by dilute acid, yielding several different simple sugars.",
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"polysaccharides",
"cell walls",
"cellulosic wastes",
"neutral detergent fiber",
"lignin",
"xylan",
"mannans"
],
"references": [
"Forest Products Laboratory. 2010. Wood handbook - Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-190. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "hemicelulosa"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/hemicellulose/"
}
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