Retting Flax with Endopolygalacturonase from Rhizopus oryzae

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-34

  Akin, Danny E ^a   Slomczynski, David ^a   Rigsby, Luanne L ^a   Eriksson, Karl Erik L ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAST FIBERS; ENZYMES; ESTERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

RETTING;

FLAX;

ENZYMATIC TREATMENT; FLAX; RETTING; TESTING;

EID: 0036171152     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750207200105     Document Type: Article

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