MeSH note : a lipidic polyester present in suberized plant cell walls that develop in the outer
tissues of plants, where they play protective and insulating functions; term derived
from Quercus suber, the cork-oak tree; upon depolymerization, cork suberin releases
a complex mixture of monomers, namely, glycerol (14%) and long-chain ?-hydroxyacids
(26%) and ?,?-diacids (45%), with dominant chain-lengths of 16, 18 and 22 carbons;
used to make plant cell walls more visible to electron microscopy;
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