A preliminary study on using enzymes in cleaning archaeological wood

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2515-2520

  Hamed, Safa Abd El Kader Mohamed ^a  

^a Cairo University ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Archaeological wood; FTIR; Lipase; Protease; SEM; Amylase

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME; EVERGREEN TREE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOOD;

FAGUS;

EID: 84860887970     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.02.026     Document Type: Article

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