Mild alkaline/oxidative pretreatment of wheat straw

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 665-670

  Curreli, Nicoletta ^a   Fadda, M Benedetta ^a   Rescigno, Antonio ^a   Rinaldi, Andrea C ^a   Soddu, Giulia ^a   Sollai, Francesca ^a   Vaccargiu, Stefano ^a   Sanjust, Enrico ^a   Rinaldi, Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellulase substrates; Hydrogen peroxide pretreatment; Lignocellulosics; Mild alkaline pretreatments; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; HEMICELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; OXIDATION; STRAW;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030786784     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(97)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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