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Ft‐ir spectroscopy as a tool for the study of biological and chemical treatments of barley straw
Author(s) -
Stewart D.,
Morrison I M
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740600405
Subject(s) - lignin , straw , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , spectroscopy , infrared spectroscopy , near infrared reflectance spectroscopy , chemical composition , sugar , chemistry , diffuse reflectance infrared fourier transform , analytical chemistry (journal) , materials science , near infrared spectroscopy , environmental chemistry , food science , biology , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , inorganic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , photocatalysis , neuroscience , engineering , catalysis
Diffuse reflectance Fourier transform infrared (FT‐IR) spectroscopy has been used to characterise the changes in barley straw when subjected to biological and chemical treatments. The untreated and treated straws were also analysed by traditional analytical techniques for neutral sugar residues and lignin. A comparison between the spectroscopic data and the chemical analyses showed that FT‐IR spectroscopy was a quick and non‐destructive analytical technique which could be used to assess the efficacy of treatments applied to annual plants.