UEBER DEN GEHALT DER BAUMWOLLE AN PENTOSAN.
H. Suringar and B. Tollens (Ztschr. angew. Chem., 1897, I).
PENTOSANE CONSTITUENTS OF COTTON.
(p. 290) It has been stated by Link and Voswinkel (Pharm. Centralhalle, 1893, 253), that raw cotton yields 'wood gum' as a product of hydrolysis. The authors were unable to obtain any pentoses as products of acid hydrolysis of raw cotton, and traces only of furfural-yielding carbohydrates. They conclude that raw cotton contains no appreciable quantity of pentosane.