From lignin to valuable products-strategies, challenges, and prospects

Hongliang Wang1, Yunqiao Pu2, Arthur Ragauskas3

  • 1Bioproducts, Sciences, and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, Richland, WA 99354, USA; Center of Biomass Engineering/College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.

Bioresource Technology
|September 30, 2018
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