Researchers establish green pharmaceutical production from lignin in wood waste

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-green-pharmaceutical-production-wood.html

"lignin broken down into a precursor substance to synthesize 4 substance classes each with multiple derivatives... only lignin plus other non-harmful and biodegradable solvents and reagents used to create substances capable of influencing growth of different types of bacteria or even cancer cells... allows us to produce molecules that are otherwise very difficult to access"

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