Abstract
The presence of several sugars found by paper chromatography in the extract of gamma-irradiated wood of Fagus silvatica L., suggests a possible mechanism of depolymerization of the polysaccharidic chains (celluloses and hemicelluloses) and probably a further degradation of the sugars thus formed to monoses of lower molecular weight (pentoses, tetroses and trioses).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 375-378 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Radiation Botany |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - 1969 |