USGS · 70016015
1,3,5-Hydroxybenzene structures in mosses
Abstract
A number of mosses from widely different families have been studied by cross polarization solid state 13 C NMR spectroscopy. Although polysaccharide-type materials dominate the NMR spectra, significant amounts of aromatic carbons are observed in some mosses. Some of this material can be removed by ultrasonic bath treatment, and is lignin derived, probably from impurities from fine root material from associated higher plants. However other material is truly moss-derived and appears to be from 1,3,5-hydroxybenzene structures. This is inconsistent with lignin as being a component of mosses, and suggests a tannin or hydroxybenzofuran polymer is responsible for moss rigidity.
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M. A. Wilson, J. Sawyer, Patrick G. Hatcher, H. E. Lerch. 1989. 1,3,5-Hydroxybenzene structures in mosses. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9422(00)97754-9
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