Chemical Properties, Crystallinity and Morphological of Oil Palm Trunk Parenchyma and Vascular Bundle

• Main Authors: Junidah, Lamaming, Rokiah, Hashim, Cheu Peng, Leh, Tomoko, Sugimoto, Othman, Sulaiman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: IRED 2015
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45282/1/Lamaming%20et%20al%202015.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/45282/; https://journals.theired.org/journals/paper/details/5668.html
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Parenchyma and vascular bundle of oil palm trunk were segregated manually and were evaluated for their holocellulose, α-cellulose, hemicelluloses, lignin and starch content accordingly. The functional groups, crystallinity and morphological characteristics were also studied using FTIR, XRD and scann...