• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.64-76
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• 1980

Fig. 8 summarizes the present status of high yield pulp production and the directions of research on modification. A thick line indicates pulping process presently in use. As mentioned previously, one kind of modification is to introduce hydrophilic groups onto the pulp. Still unsolved is whether or not the introduction of hydrophilic groups should be restricted to lignin only. Goring (28) reported that middle lamella lignin has fewer phenolic hydroxyl groups than cell wall lignin and suggested that such a difference in the lignin may be useful in the removal of middle lamella lignin. The introduction of hydrophilic groups onto pulp may not be enough to modify high yield pulp. The removal of some portion of carbohydrate may be also necessary from the standpoint of softening of pulp fibers. There is no information at what lignin and carbohydrate, and how much should be removed. The combination with synthetic high polymers may also be important in modifying high yield pulp. Prof. C. Schuerch of the State University of New York who was a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo in 1974, mentioned that the hydrophilicity of lignin would be promoted, if phenolic hydroxyl or carboxyl groups could be introduced into the aromatic nucleus of lignin. If this were possible. this process would also mean a pulp yield of more than 100%. This idea is just one example of the expectation made possible through lignin chemistry. Instead of the introduction of hydrophilic group, the oxidative degradation of aromatic nucleus of lignin may also be useful in promoting the hydrophilicity of pulp. In this case, ozone may be an excellent chemical. However, there are a lot of problems to be solved such as homogeneity of reaction and selectivity of ozone for lignin. The above ideas are summarized in Fig. 9. There are many problems to be solved in the production of an excellent high yield pulp which is comparable to chemical pulp. The information from wood chemistry hopefully will elucidate some of the problems mentioned above.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.447-452
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• 2016

It is imperative to develop an effective pathway to depolymerize lignin into liquid fuel that can be used as a bioheavy oil. Lignin can be converted into liquid products either by a solvent-free thermal cracking in the absence air, or thermo-chemical degradation in the presence of suitable solvents and chemicals. Here we show that the solvent-assisted liquefaction has produced promising results in the presence of metal-based catalysts. The supercritical ethanol is an efficient liquefaction solvent, which not only provides better solubility to lignin, but also scavenges the intermediate species. The concentrated sulfuric acid hydrolysis lignin (CSAHL) was completely liquefied in the presence of solid catalysts (Ni, Pd and Ru) with no char formation. The effective deoxy-liquefaction nature associated with scEtOH with aid hydrodeoxygenation catalysts, resulted in significant reduction in oxygen-to-carbon (O/C) molar ratio up to 61%. The decrease in oxygen content and increase in carbon and hydrogen contents increased the calorific value bio-oil, with higher heating value (HHV) of $34.6MJ{\cdot}Kg^{-1}$. The overall process is energetically efficient with 129.8% energy recovery (ER) and 70.8% energy efficiency (EE). The GC-TOF/MS analysis of bio-oil shows that the bio-oil mainly consists of monomeric species such as phenols, esters, furans, alcohols, and traces of aliphatic hydrocarbons. The bio-oil produced has better flow properties, low molecular weight, and high aromaticity.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.136-145
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• 1988

도시폐기물의 퇴비화 과정중 퇴비중의 탄소화합물 함량을 시기별로 조사한 결과 다음과 같다. 1. 유기물, 섬유소, 총 탄소, 유기탄소, 미생물 분해가능 탄소 함량은 퇴비화에 따라 감소되었고 리그닌, 미생물 이용 불가능 탄소함량은 약간 증가 되었다. 2. 총 탄소와 미생물 분해가 가능 탄소 함량과 차이는 6.2% 였다. 3. 유기물질의 실제 분해율은 분해율보다 큰 증가 현상을 보였다. 4. 모든 탄소화합물의 실제 분해 능력은 분해능력과 유사하였다. 5. 리그닌의 분해율 및 분해능력은(-)값을 보였으나, 실제 분해율 및 실제분해 능력은(+)값을 가졌다. 6. 퇴비중 유기물, 섬유소, 총탄소, 유기탄소, 미생물 이용 가능 탄소간에 고도의 유의성있는 정의 상관이있었다. 7. 미생물 분해불가능 탄소와 유기물, 섬유소, 총 탄소 유기탄소 및 미생물 분해가능 탄소와는 부의 상관이 있었다. 8. 퇴비중 리그닌과 미생물에 분해 불가능 탄소와도 고도의 정의 상관이 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.424-430
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 국내에서 자생하는 백색부후균인 겨울우산버섯(Polyporus brumalis)을 소나무 시편에 배양하여 목재 처리에 의한 리그닌 분해효소의 활성변화를 조사하고 목재의 분해가 일어나는 동안 중량감소율 및 리그닌 감소율을 통해 분해능을 확인하고 여기에 관여하는 유전자의 발현을 조사하였다. SSC (Shallow Stationary Culture) 액체배지에 목재 시편을 넣고 겨울우산버섯을 배양하였을 때 무처리구에서는 laccase의 활성이 20일 이후 감소하는 반면, 시편 처리구에서는 활성이 계속 증가되었다. 특히, 60일 전후의 처리구에서 무처리구에 비해 10배 이상 높은 활성을 나타내었다. 또한, 겨울우산버섯에 의한 소나무칩의 중량 감소율과 리그닌 감소율은 80일 후 각각 23.4%와 6.3%로 나타났다. 40일 배양한 목질칩에서 분리한 겨울우산버섯의 pblac1의 유전자 발현은 무처리구에 비해 소나무 칩 처리구에서 약 3배 정도 높게 나타났다. 이상의 결과로 백색부후균에 의한 목재칩 처리에 의해 리그닌 분해효소의 활성이 증가되며 pblac1이 리그닌 분해에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 보여진다. 따라서 백색부후균의 리그닌분해효소 유전자 발현을 조절함으로써 리그닌 분해능이 우수한 균주 개발이 가능하고 목질에탄올 생산 전처리에 효율적으로 이용할 것으로 기대된다.

• 보존과학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.3-11
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• 1992

Micromorphological changes in waterlogged archaeological woods excavated from Sweden and Germany were investigated. Especially bacterial attacks on those wood samples under near anaerobic conditions were examined by transmission electron microscopy(TEM). The major feature of micromorphological alterations in those wood samples was the preferential destruction of secondary wood cell wall. In contrast, the middle lamella was not extensively degraded. Three distinct degradation patterns by bacteria were observed : erosion, cavitation and tunnelling bacteria. Erosion and cavitation bacteria attacked primarily $S_2$ layer, whereas tunnelling bacteria made the tunnel-like degradation along the $S_1$ layer. Tunnelling bacteria, in some samples, were able to degrade tunnel in the lignin-rich areas, such as middle lamella, suggesting that these bacteria had the capacity to degrade the lignin. IR spectra indicate that hemicellulose and cellulose in the waterlogged woods were preferentially decomposed. Breakdown of the lignin, on the other hand, was much slower.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.759-763
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• 2000

Cell-free culture broth of Phanerochaete chrysosporium has been adopted to biologically degrade 2,4,5-trichlorophenol. Two different medium compositions of nitrogen-sufficient and nitrogen-limited were compared for their distribution of isozymes, activity of lignin peroxidase, and production of oxalate. The two different culture broths were tested for their ability to degrade 2,4,5-trichlorophenol, and the biodegradation efficiency was estimated in terms of the disappearance of 2,4,5-trichlorophenol. The degradation efficiency for the nitrogen-limited culture broth was higher than that of the nitrogen-sufficient culture broth, since the nitrogen-limited culture broth induced lignin peroxidases (LiPs) and manganese peroxidases (MnPs), and contained sufficient oxalate for producing necessary radicals. Finally, the possible mechanism of 2,4,5-CP degradation using the nitrogen-limited culture broth was proposed.

• 한국펄프종이공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국펄프종이공학회 2010년도 춘계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.79-92
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• 2010

In the presence of laccase, generation of monomeric aromatic acids from nonphenolic lignin model dimer veratrylglycerol-$\beta$-vanillate ether (VVE) was observed. The addition of acetovanillone (AV) or acetosyringone (AS) intensified this process, i.e. transformation was more extensive than in the experiments omitting mediators. Among the products isovanillic (IA) and vanillic (VA) acids were identified.

• Mycobiology
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.64-66
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• 2011

Most fungi possess several hydrogen peroxide-generating enzymes, glucose oxidase and pyranose oxidase. Pyranose oxidase can use glucose as its substrate to generate hydrogen peroxide. White rot fungi, which degrade diverse recalcitrant compounds, contain lignin-degrading enzymes, and lignin peroxidase and manganese peroxidase require hydrogen peroxide for their enzymatic reactions. In this study, we isolated a cDNA fragment of pyranose oxidase from Phlebia tremellosa using PCR and examined its expression under the degradation conditions of diethylphthalate (DEP). Pyranose oxidase expression was enhanced up to 30% by the addition of DEP, and this result supports the possible involvement of pyranose oxidase in the degradation of recalcitrant compounds.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.99-107
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• 1991

Lignocellulose and lignolic compounds were absolutely given much weight In the biosphere, and their degradation was essential for continuous biological carbon circulation. Whereas aerobic cellulolytic microorganism dissolved the cellulose into their elements in the first stage, strict anaerobic cellulolytic microorganism's role was taken I increasing interest through the recent research. It was reviewed that anaerobic microbial degradation process of lignocellulose and its derivatives (cellulose, lignin, oligolignol and monoaromatic compound), and function of anaerobic microorganism on the. environmental ecology.

• Advances in environmental research
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.247-262
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• 2015

The few lignin biomarker studies conducted in tropical environments are hampered by having to use references signatures established for plants and soils characteristic of the temperate zone. This study presents a lignin biomarker analysis (vanillyls (V), p-hydroxyls (P), syringyls (S), cinnamyls (C)) of the dominant plant species and soil horizons as well as an analysis of the interrelated terrigenous organic matter (TOM) dynamics between vegetation and soil of the $Tapaj{\acute{o}}s$ river region, an active colonization front in the Brazilian Amazon. We collected and analyzed samples from 17 fresh dominant plant species and 48 soil cores at three depths (0-5 cm, 20-25 cm, 50-55 cm) from primary rainforest, fallow forest, subsistence agriculture fields and pastures. Lignin signatures in tropical plants clearly distinguish from temperate ones with high ratios of Acid/aldehyde of vanillyls ((Ad/Al)v) and P/V+S. Contrary to temperate environments, similarly high ratios in tropical soils are not related to TOM degradation along with pedogenesis but to direct influence of plants growing on them. Lignin signatures of both plants and soils of primary rainforest and fallow forest clearly distinguish from those of non-forested areas, i.e., agriculture fields and pastures. Attalea speciosa Palm trees, an invasive species in all perturbed landscapes of the Amazon, exhibit lignin signatures clearly distinct from other dominant plant species. The study of lignin signatures in tropical areas thus represents a powerful tool to evaluate the impact of primary rainforest clearing on TOM dynamics in tropical areas.