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CORRIGENDUM On page 199 of this Communication, a reference and one sentence are missing from the end of the second paragraph of the introduction. References [9] and [10] did appear correctly in the References section. For clarity, the correct paragraph and relevant references are reproduced below: "In this work, the one-pot conversion of cellulose into isosorbide is studied (Scheme 1). In a first step, cellulose is hydrolyzed to glucose by an acid catalyst. This glucose is hydrogenated to sorbitol over a metal catalyst under hydrogen pressure. Sorbitol is then further dehydrated to isosorbide via sorbitan isomers by the same acid catalyst. We note that only 1,4-and 3,6-sorbitan isomers can be further dehydrated to isosorbide. The 1,5-and 2,5-sorbitan isomers are unable to undergo a second dehydration. Finally, the isosorbide isomers isomannide (1,4:3,6-dianhydro-mannitol) and isoidide (1,4:3,6-dianhydroiditol) are dehydration products of mannitol and iditol, respectively. Mannitol can be formed through hydrogenation of fructose and mannose by means of the acid-catalyzed Lobry de Bruyn-van Ekenstein transformation of glucose or, like iditol, through the metal-catalyzed isomerization of sorbi-tol. [9] Isomannide and isoidide can also be formed through the metal-catalyzed iso-merization of isosorbide. [10] " The editorial office apologizes for any inconvenience caused. [9] a)

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To investigate the antioxidant capacity of ferulic acid (FA) in conjunction with prebiotic arabinoxylanoligosaccharides (AXOS), procedures for the production of FA-enriched, -depleted and cross-linked AXOS were developed, and samples were analyzed using the Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assays. Results showed that not only the level of FA but also the condition under which it appears (free, bound, or dimerized) impacts the antioxidant capacity of FA-containing AXOS samples. Although esterification of FA on AXOS and cross-linking of AXOS through dehydrodiferulic acid formation lowered the antioxidant capacity of FA by 30 and 55%, respectively, as determined with the TEAC test, the antioxidant capacity of these components still remained high compared to Trolox, a water-soluble vitamin E analog. Total antioxidant capacity of the AXOS samples determined by the ORAC assay resulted in less prominent differences between the different forms of FA than those seen with the TEAC test. Feruloylated AXOS can hence function as strong, water-soluble antioxidants.