title: Investigating plant lipid biopolymers.
abstract: This paper presents a review of the biological importance and occurrence of plant cutin, the main lipid biopolymer in higher plants. Its chemical composition and structure are reviewed and a short laboratory practical exercise on the extraction, purification and qualitative analysis of fruit cutin is presented.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, 29071, Málaga, Spain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heredia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matas
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dominguez