| Abstract: | An analysis is given of literature information on the radiation degradation of lignin. The following questions are discussed: 1) the formation of radicals in the radiolysis of lignin and compounds modeling it; 2) the chemical properties of irradiated lignin; 3) the low-molecular-mass products of the radiolysis of lignin; and 4) the radioprotector properties of lignin.All-Union Scientific Research Institute for the Hydrolysis of Plant Material, Leningrad. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 3–15, January–February, 1990. |
