Biodegradable plastics from renewable resources

Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 419-424

  Demirbas, A ^a,b  

^a SILA SCIENCE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biodegradable plastics; Biopolymer; Biowaste; Mechanisms; Renewable resources

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOPOLYMERS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; REDUCTION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

BIOWASTES; ENZYMATIC ATTACKS; ENZYME ACTIONS; GLUCOSIDIC LINKAGES;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

EID: 33847607592     PISSN: 15567036     EISSN: 15567230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/009083190965820     Document Type: Article

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