title: Cellulose of Salicornia brachiata.
abstract: Cellulose was extracted from the roots, stems and stem tips of Salicornia brachiata Roxb. Each crude cellulose sample obtained was fractionated into alpha- and beta-celluloses. The yields of crude cellulose from the stems and stem tips were greatest and lowest, respectively, while the yields of alpha- and beta-celluloses were in the order, roots > stems > stem tips. The cellulose samples were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), solid state cross polarisation magic angle spinning carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (CP/MAS 13C NMR), X-ray diffraction pattern (XRD), thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The data were compared with those of the celluloses (predominantly alpha-cellulose) isolated from Whatman filter paper No. 4 (WFP).
authors.affiliation: Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Bhavnaga, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Naresh D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Sanandiya
authors.forename: Kamalesh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: Ramavatar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meena
authors.forename: Arup K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Siddhanta
mesh_terms: D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D019663:Chenopodiaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013818:Thermogravimetry; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D002482:Cellulose