Alkali-catalyzed low temperature wet crosslinking of plant proteins using carboxylic acids

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-146

  Reddy, Narendra ^a   Li, Ying ^a,b   Yang, Yiqi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biofiber; Biopolymer; Carboxylic acids; Catalysts; Crosslinking; Protein fibers

Indexed keywords

BIOFIBER; CARBOXYLIC GROUPS; CROSS-LINKED MATERIALS; CROSS-LINKERS; CROSS-LINKING PROTEINS; CROSSLINK; CROSSLINKED; HIGH TEMPERATURES; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW TOXICITIES; MALIC ACIDS; PLANT PROTEINS; POLY(CARBOXYLIC ACID); PROTEIN FIBERS; STRENGTH LOSS;

ALDEHYDES; ALKALINITY; BIOMOLECULES; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CELLULOSE; FIBERS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERS; PROTEINS; TENACITY;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

ALDEHYDES; ALKALINITY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYSTS; CELLULOSE; CROSS LINKING; FIBERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERS; PROPERTIES; PROTEINS; RESEARCH;

ALKALI; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE;

ALKALIES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANT PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 64549160732     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/btpr.86     Document Type: Article

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