Pectins are plant cell wall natural heteropolysaccharides composed mainly of α-1-4 d-
galacturonic acid units, which may or may not be methyl esterified, possesses neutral sugars …

Plant cell wall biosynthesis is a complex and tightly regulated process. The composition and
the structure of the cell wall should have a certain level of plasticity to ensure dynamic …

The leaf economics spectrum (LES) represents a suite of intercorrelated leaf traits
concerning construction costs per unit leaf area, nutrient concentrations, and rates of carbon …

Plant cell walls are dynamic structures that are synthesized by plants to provide durable
coverings for the delicate cells they encase. They are made of polysaccharides, proteins …

Hemicelluloses are polysaccharides in plant cell walls that have β-(1→ 4)-linked backbones
with an equatorial configuration. Hemicelluloses include xyloglucans, xylans, mannans and …

The plant cell wall is a chemically complex structure composed mostly of polysaccharides.
Detailed analyses of these cell wall polysaccharides are essential for our understanding of …

The Cornell Net Carbohydrate Protein Model (Chalupa et al., 1991; Sniffen et al., 1992) has
developed the need for uniform procedures to partition feed nitrogen into A, B, and C …

The functioning of all living systems obeys the laws of physics in fundamental ways. This is
true for all physiological processes that occur inside cells, tissues, organs, and organisms …

Plant polysaccharides represent a natural source material characterized by high ubiquity,
abundance and biological activities that can be utilised as organic matter in numerous …

Pectin or pectic substances are collective names for a group of closely associated
polysaccharides present in plant cell walls where they contribute to complex physiological …