Bamboo Bark

The common hemiceUulose components of arborescent plants are listed in Table 3. Xylans, arabinogalactans, and pectic substances are common to all while only traces (if at all) of glucomaimans are found in the cell walls of bamboo. Other polysaccharides are found in trace amounts in wood as well as in bark, growing tissues, and other specialized parts of trees. 

Nandina domestica Thunb. Nan Tian Zhu (Sacred bamboo) (fruit, bark, leaf) Domesticine, nandinine, cyanic acid, nandazurine, berberine.49 This herb is toxic. Antitussive. 

The first true paper was made in A.D. 105 by Ts ai Lun, a eunuch from the Eastern Han Court of the Chinese emperor Ho Ti. His paper was made from the bark of the mulberry tree on a mold of bamboo strips. 

The precursors of paper were papyrus and parchment, which were used for writing as early as 3000 BC in Egypt. In China, strips of bamboo or wood were used for writing and drawing before the discovery of paper. The invention of paper has been attributed to Ts ai Lun in AD 105, who produced a uniform writing-material paper from felted plant fibers [3]. The original paper was made in China from rags, bark... 

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