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The determination of lignin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

J. W. Czerkawski
J. W. Czerkawski
Affiliation:
Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Ayr
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Abstract

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1. The methods for estimating lignin based on 72% sulphuric acid are lengthy and usually require large corrections for the residual nitrogenous impurities. The steps used in the initial purification of lignin, and particularly those concerned with the removal of nitrogenous impurities using proteolytic enzymes, have been investigated.

2. The conditions that remove the maximum amount of nitrogen were investigated. The nitrogenous material remaining in the lignin isolated by the adopted procedure was partly characterized, and it was shown that about half of the resistant N could be obtained in the form of amino acids which were presumably present in the lignin in the form of protein. The amino acid compositions of the resistant nitrogenous material in lignin derived from grass, and in lignin derived from faeces of sheep, when the same grass was given, were compared. They were found to be sufficiently similar to suggest a common origin.

3. A modified procedure is proposed and described in detail; it is suitable for routine work.

4. Comparisons were made between the results obtained by determining lignin in forage and faeces samples by the method now presented and those obtained by the method used previously.

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , May 1967 , pp. 325 - 332
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1967

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