Meanings
nounhemicellulolysis (uncountable)
- uncountablebiochemistryThe enzymatic hydrolysis of hemicellulose.
Microbial hemicellulolysis is also restricted by the close association of the hemicellulose with the lignin and the impairment of digestion becomes more pronounced as the extent of lignification increases with plant maturity (Dehority et al., 1962).
1989, Michael P. Coughlan, Enzyme Systems for Lignocellulose Degradation, page 186
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