5. Content of Lignin Subunits in SKL, HKL, and OL before (Pristine) and after (Reduced) Sodium Tetrahydroborate Reduction (% of G2 13C–1H unit) .
| SKL |
HKL |
OL |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pristine | reduced | pristine | reduced | pristine | reduced | ||
| oxygenated signals | A | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 38 |
| B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| C | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| VA | 4 | ||||||
| D | 2 | ||||||
| I | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| aromatic signals | G2 | 100 | 100 | 39 | 40 | 56 | 42 |
| G5 | 117 | 101 | 47 | 49 | 106 | 107 | |
| G6 | 117 | 101 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 23 | |
| S2,6 | 61 | 60 | 80 | 79 | |||
| S/G | 0.78 | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.70 | |||
| H2,6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | |||
| T6 | 7 | 7 | |||||
| T′2,6 | 6 | 7 | |||||
| pCE2,6 | 6 | 6 | |||||
| FA7 | 10 | 10 | |||||
A: aryl-glycerol-β-aryl ether, B: phenylcoumaran, C: resinols, I: cinnamyl alcohol, J: α-etherified lignin-carbohydrate complexes, VA: α-carbon in vanillic alcohols, D: α,β-diaryl-glycerol; G: guaiacyl ring, S: siringyl ring, H: p-hydroxy-phenyl ring; T: tricin, pCE: p-coumaric acid esters; FA: ferulic acid esters.