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IT is recognized that plant materials preserved in dilute acetic acid exhibit a slow loss of tissue strength as a result of the structural components undergoing hydrolysis. This is caused either directly by the low pH of the medium, or indirectly from the presence of hydrolytic enzymes secreted by micro-organisms previously associated with the tissue1. An additional form of tissue breakdown, which has not apparently attracted previous attention, has been observed in the work recorded here. This is in no way connected with microbial action, and is oxidative in character.
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DAKIN, J. A Non-enzymatic Oxidative Degradation of Cellulose occurring in Preserved Cabbage Tissue. Nature 199, 383–384 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199383a0
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