Numerous dyes and fluorescent compounds, as reported in the literature, exhibit specificity
in the staining of materials associated with lignocellulosic fibers and their chemical
components, including cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. Such effects long have provided
analysts with convenient ways to identify cellulosic fiber types, products of different pulping
methods, degrees of mechanical refining, estimates of accessibility to enzymes, and
localization of chemical components within microscopic sections of cellulosic material …