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holocellulose

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holocellulose [¦häl·ō′sel·yə‚lōs]
(biochemistry)
The total polysaccharide fraction of wood, straw, and so on, that is composed of cellulose and all of the hemicelluloses and that is obtained when the extractives and the lignin are removed from the natural material.


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3), (48) A greatly reduced holocellulose concentration in weathered samples confirmed hemicellulose degradation since cellulose levels were reduced by only a minor amount.
This study of wheat straw pulping by use of a mixture of ethanol, acetone, and water, examines the influence of independent variables on pulp properties (yield and the holocellulose, [alpha]-cellulose, and lignin contents) and on paper sheet properties (breaking length, stretch, burst index, tear index, and brightness).
 
 
 
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