“…If this procedure is well documented in the case of purified polysaccharides, such as glycopyranosides, [21] cellulose, [22 -24] or hemicellulose from the xylan family [25] as described in one of our previous paper, however, to our knowledge, no reference exists regarding the direct chemical modifications of barks in aqueous media. If this procedure is well documented in the case of purified polysaccharides, such as glycopyranosides, [21] cellulose, [22 -24] or hemicellulose from the xylan family [25] as described in one of our previous paper, however, to our knowledge, no reference exists regarding the direct chemical modifications of barks in aqueous media.…”