AbstractsChemistry

Recent work on the structure of lignin has tended toconfirm those viewpoints emphasizing its essentially aromaticand phenolic character. This is by no means limited, amongnatural products, to lignin, but is found among the members ofseveral highly important classes of plant constituents such asthe essential oils, tne tannins, the plant pigments, the glycosides,as well as others.A brief outline of the type of natural phenols, theiroccurrence, as well as some details of special interest is givenhere [...]