Tyrosinase-containing chitosan gels: A combined catalyst and sorbent for selective phenol removal

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-86

  Sun, Wei Qiang ^a   Payne, Gregory F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

chitosan; immobilized enzyme; phenol; tyrosinase; waste minimization

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ENZYMES; GELS; IMPURITIES; OXIDATION; PROTEINS; WASTE TREATMENT;

CHITOSAN GELS; QUINONES; SELECTIVE PHENOL REMOVAL; SORBENTS; TYROSINASE; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

PHENOLS;

CHITOSAN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030570418     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960705)51:1<79::AID-BIT9>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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