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Record 1 2004-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Wood Products
DEF

A term formerly given to the substance extracted from wood by dilute alkali; generally composed mainly of xylans, with some mannan, araban and galactan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Produits du bois
DEF

Terme [...] désignant une substance mal définie, extraite du bois par des solvants alcalins, et composée principalement de xylane et, en moindre proportions, de mannane, arabane, galactane.

OBS

Bien que le Dictionnaire de la chimie et de ses applications de Clément Duval et Raymonde Duval fait un renvoi synonymique du terme «gomme de bois» à la notion plus technique de «xylane», on ne saurait considérer ces termes comme étant interchangeables, la gomme de bois ne contenant pas seulement du xylane.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioquímica
  • Productos madereros
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