"This book is a very opportune one, being published now when everybody is looking for inexpensive natural resources." (Polymer News)
"...an overview of the occurrence and metabolism of biopolymers..." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2002)
Product Description
Volume 1 of this encyclopedia focuses on polymers consisting of aromatic constituents occurring in plants and natural environments or as fossil resources. Polymers included are: lignin, melanin, sporopollenin, soil humic substances, aquatic humic substances, coal, other polyphenols and related compounds. This volume comprehensively describes and summarizes the structures and the methods for revealing them. Other topics include: biosynthesis and formation, biodegradation, biotransformations of humic acids, properties, applications, desulfurization of coal, modification of coal, biotechnological conversion of coals into products, chemical conversion of coal into products.
