Hydrolysis and Biodegradation Studies of Surface-Active Esters

Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-324

  Stjerndahl, Maria ^a   Van Ginkel, Cornelis G ^b   Holmberg, Krister ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

1H NMR; Biodegradation; Chemodegradable surfactant; Cleavable surfactant; Critical micelle concentration; Enzyme catalyzed hydrolysis; Ester; Hydrolysis; Steric effects

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENZYME; ESTER DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; METHYL GROUP; SURFACTANT; TETRA(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) 2 ETHYL ESTER; TETRA(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) 2 METHYL ESTER; TETRA(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) 2,2 DIMETHYL ESTER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CANDIDA ANTARCTICA; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; HYDROLYSIS; MICELLE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MUCOR; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0242318198     PISSN: 10973958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11743-003-0276-z     Document Type: Article

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