Zhang, A., Lu, F., Sun, R., Ralph, J. Ferulate-Coniferyl Alcohol Cross-coupled Products Formed by Radical Coupling Reactions. Planta. 2009 Apr;229(5):1099-108. Epub 2009 Feb 21.
Abstract
Radical coupling reactions between ethyl ferulate (Et-FA), a simple model for feruloyl polysaccharides in planta, and coniferyl alcohol (CA), a monolignol, were studied in order to better understand the polymer cross-coupling interactions […]

Stewart, J.J., Akiyama, T., Chapple, C.C.S., Ralph, J., Mansfield, S.D. The Effects on lignin structure of over-expression of ferulate 5-hydroxylase in hybrid poplar. Plant Physiol. April 22, 2009, as DOI:10.1104/pp.109.137059.
Abstract
Poplar lignins with exceedingly high syringyl monomer levels are produced by over-expression of the ferulate 5-hydroxlase (F5H) gene driven by a cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) promoter. Compositional […]