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  • Glossary item | 19 Mar 2025

Lignocellulosic biomass

Lignocellulosic biomass (LB) is an abundant and renewable resource from plants mainly composed of polysaccharides (cellulose and hemicelluloses) and an aromatic polymer (lignin).

Zoghlami Aya, Paës Gabriel, Lignocellulosic Biomass: Understanding Recalcitrance and Predicting Hydrolysis, Frontiers in Chemistry, Volume 7, 2019, DOI=10.3389/fchem.2019.00874

Source category: Scientific & Technical Literature