Plant polymer biodegradation in relation to global carbon management

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 401-404

  Shi, Bo ^a   Bunyard, Clayton ^a   Palfery, Doris ^a  

^a KIMBERLY CLARK CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Anaerobic biodegradation; Soy protein; Starch; Wheat gluten

Indexed keywords

ALGAL SAMPLES; ANAEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; ANAEROBIC SLUDGE DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION KINETICS; CARBON MANAGEMENT; CARBON SOURCE; CORN STARCH; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FIRST ORDER KINETIC EQUATIONS; GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE; PLANT POLYMERS; POLYMERIC BLENDS; PROTEIN SAMPLES; SOY PROTEIN; SOY PROTEIN ISOLATES; SPIRULINA; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS; WHEAT GLUTEN;

ALGAE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOPOLYMERS; DEGRADATION; DELIGNIFICATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INJECTION MOLDING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERIC FILMS; PROTEINS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SLUDGE DIGESTION; STARCH; TEXTILE BLENDS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

ALGAE; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; DELIGNIFICATION; DIGESTION; EQUATIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INJECTION MOLDING; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEINS; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SLUDGE; STARCH;

ALGAE; GLYCINE MAX; NANNOCHLOROPSIS; SPIRULINA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955421436     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.04.066     Document Type: Article

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