Klarinet Archive - Posting 000728.txt from 1997/03

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.EDU>
Subj: Diana K's message on enzymes
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 13:26:59 -0500

Roger Shilcock wrote:

> See Diana K's messgae re amylase linkages - I suspect she doesn't actually
> mean cellulose.

Diana? Are you reading this? When you made the statement
concerning the indigestibility of wood, were you not referring
specifically to cellulose -- hence the dietary fiber joke?
Or were you referring to a different substance present in
the cane from which woodwind reeds are made?

Neil