Chemical composition of barks from Quercus faginea trees and characterization of their lipophilic and polar extracts.

The bark from Quercus faginea mature trees from two sites was chemically characterized for the first time. The barks showed the following composition: ash 14.6%, total extractives 13.2%, suberin 2.9% and lignin 28.2%. The polysaccharides were composed mainly of glucose and xylose (50.3% and 35.1% of...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joana P A Ferreira, Isabel Miranda, Vicelina B Sousa, Helena Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5953466?pdf=render