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ALTHOUGH the plant cell wall is regarded as an inert substance, mechanical in function, recent studies have demonstrated wall polysaccharides to be active sites (matrices) in the directed polymerization of 4-hydroxyphenylpropene derivatives (such as eugenol) to lignins1. Other investigations have shown the peroxidation of pyrogallol catalysed by iron(III) to be enhanced by low concentrations of non-enzymic deoxyribonucleic acid2, and have emphasized both the qualitative and quantitative effects accruing from addition of solid surfaces to various chemical or biochemical systems3–6.
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GOODMAN, N., SIEGEL, S. Reaction-directing Properties of Non-enzymic Macromolecules: Pyrogallol Oxidation in the System Iron(lll)-Cellulose. Nature 184, 53–54 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184053b0
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