Dear Steve
I have dug up a few references which may be of use:
Turner AJ.
1949.
The structure of textile fibres. VII. The structure of flax.
Journal of the Textile Institute
40,9:857-868.
56.5% cellulose, 15.4% hemicellulose
Gorshkova TA, Wyatt SE, Salnikov VV, Gibeaut DM, Ibragimov MR, Lozovaya VV,
Carpita NC.
1996.
Cell-wall polysaccharides of developing flax plants.
Plant Physiology
110, 721-729.
and a review paper on plant fibres:
McDougall GJ, Morrison IM, Stewart D, Weyers JDB, Hillman JR.
1993.
Plant fibres: botany, chemistry and processing for industrial use.
J Sci Food Agric
62: 1-20.ant
regards
Adrian
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Dr Adrian Goodman
De Montfort University Lincoln
School of Agriculture
Riseholme
Lincoln LN2 2LG
UK
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