lignin

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003775",
  "term": "lignin",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The second most abundant constituent of wood, located principally in the secondary wall and the middle lamella, which is the thin cementing layer between wood cells. Chemically, it is an irregular polymer of substituted propylphenol groups, and thus, no simple chemical formula can be written for it.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "polymers",
    "sinapyl alcohol",
    "cell walls",
    "cellulose",
    "lignocellulose",
    "phenylpropanoids",
    "acid detergent fiber",
    "coniferyl alcohol",
    "p-coumaric acid",
    "cellulosic wastes",
    "acid insoluble lignin",
    "acid soluble lignin",
    "lignin content",
    "lignin peroxidase",
    "neutral detergent fiber",
    "hemicellulose",
    "lignification",
    "polyphenols",
    "ligninolytic microorganisms",
    "lignosulfonates",
    "protolignin",
    "softwood lignin",
    "hardwood lignin"
  ],
  "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": "lignina"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/lignin/"
}