Water retting is a traditional retting method that enables the low-cost production of bast fibers. This study investigated the retting of flax straws by distilled water for three different durations at room temperature in laboratory condition. The retting quality was evaluated in terms of the weight loss and degumming rate together with the fiber properties, which included color, linear density...

Cocoon silks are composed of two silk proteins: sericin and fibroin. Fibroin is a semi crystalline polymer of natural fibrous protein mainly consisting of highly β-sheet crystals and noncrystalline part (micro voids and amorphous structures). Sericin is amorphous acting as an adhesive binder to maintain the fine filaments of fibroin core and the overall structural integrity of cocoon [1]. Silk ...

Abstract The acid degumming waste of the seeds oil refining industry is currently disposed of, but, instead, it could be exploited as an important source for preparation many products. In this work, coming from soybean step was first recovered and treated, allowing isolation a fraction enriched phospholipids (PLs). Then, latter transformed, via enzymatic reaction catalysed by phospholipase D (f...

Enzymatic degumming (EDG) is an emerging alternative process for decreasing the phosphorus content, increasing oil yield, and preserving quality. Purifine® 3G a cocktail of phospholipases composed phospholipase A2 (PLA2), C (PLC), phosphatidylinositol (PI-PLC). In this study, was applied to crude soybean oil, optimum conditions (enzyme concentration, temperature, water dosage) were determined u...