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ReviewRSC advances2023

Valorization of homogeneous linear catechyl lignin: opportunities and challenges.

Yibing Li, Xianzhi Meng, Rongqian Meng, Ting Cai, Yunqiao Pu, Zhi-Min Zhao, Arthur J Ragauskas

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Review in RSC advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Yibing LiSchool of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control & Wastes Reuse, Inner Mongolia University Hohhot 010021 China zmzhao@imu.edu.cn.
Xianzhi MengDepartment of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville TN 37996 USA aragausk@utk.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4303-3403
Rongqian MengSchool of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control & Wastes Reuse, Inner Mongolia University Hohhot 010021 China zmzhao@imu.edu.cn.
Ting CaiInner Mongolia Autonomous Region Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Technology Extension Center Hohhot 010010 China.
Yunqiao PuCenter for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI), Joint Institute of Biological Science, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2554-1447
Zhi-Min ZhaoSchool of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control & Wastes Reuse, Inner Mongolia University Hohhot 010021 China zmzhao@imu.edu.cn.
Arthur J RagauskasDepartment of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville TN 37996 USA aragausk@utk.edu.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3536-554X
Inner Mongolia University · CNOak Ridge National Laboratory · USInner Mongolia Academy of Agricultural & Animal Husbandry Sciences · CNUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lignin is the dominant aromatic renewable polymer on earth. Generally, its complex and heterogeneous structure hinders its high-value utilization. Catechyl lignin (C-lignin), a novel lignin discovered in the seed coats of vanilla and several members of Cactaceae, has received increasing attention due to its unique homogeneous linear structure. Obtaining substantial amounts of C-lignin either by gene regulation or effective isolation is essential to advance C-lignin's valorization. Through a fundamental understanding of the biosynthesis process, genetic engineering to promote the accumulation of C-lignin in certain plants was developed to facilitate C-lignin valorization. Various isolation methods were also developed to isolate C-lignin, among which deep eutectic solvents (DESs) treatment is one of the most promising approaches to fractionate C-lignin from biomass materials. Since C-lignin is composed of homogeneous catechyl units, depolymerization to produce catechol monomers demonstrates a promising way for value-added utilization of C-lignin. Reductive catalytic fractionation (RCF) represents another emerging technology for effective depolymerizing C-lignin, leading to a narrow distribution of lignin-derived aromatic products (

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PMID37101533
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