“…The bands at 832, 1048, 1110, 1250, 1332, 1374, 1510, 1600, 1738 cm −1 were observed in the FT‐IR spectrum of bamboo meal (Figure , a) . Among them, the band at 1738 cm −1 (attributed to the acetyl and uronic ester groups or the ester linkage of the carboxylic group of ferulic and p‐coumaricacid of hemicellulose), 1600 cm −1 and 1510 cm −1 (arising from the aromatic skeletal vibration), 1460 cm −1 (assigned to C−H deformation combined with aromatic ring vibration), and 1250 cm −1 (corresponding to methoxyl groups of lignin) . The bands (Figure , d) between 1150 and 920 cm −1 are due to the P−O stretching vibrations, while the two bands at around 625 and 550 cm −1 are related to the O−P‐O bending vibrations ,,…”