Linen Most Useful: Perspectives on Structure, Chemistry, and Enzymes for Retting Flax

Table 3

Aromatic composition of flax core.

Plant fraction	Aromatic content (mg/g)
	Ferulic acid	Guaiacyl units	Syringyl units	Total
Natasja whole	0.4 ± 0	5.7 ± 2.9	3.9 ± 2.1	10.4 ± 4.9
Natasja lower	0.4 ± 0	7.8 ± 1.7	5.7 ± 0.8	14.4 ± 1.8
Ariane unretted	0.6 ± 0	9.5 ± 1.1	7.8 ± 3.3	17.9 ± 2.1
Ariane dew-retted	0.7 ± 0.1	8.4 ± 1.3	4.0 ± 2.8	13.0 ± 3.7

Data adapted from [24].