Analysis of the Relationship Between Enzymatic Activity and Microbial Degumming Effect of Kenaf Bast
Journal of Natural Fibers, 2021 Degumming is the most important step before kenaf bast fibers used in textile industry. Microbial degumming is an environmental protection and energy-saving technology to replace the conventional chemical degumming.
Yuande Peng, Xiangyuan Feng
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Diversity and Characteristics of Kenaf Bast Degumming Microbial Resources
Journal of Natural Fibers, 2018 Kenaf is one of the most important natural fiber crops. Traditional degumming with water retting causes serious environmental pollution and reduces the quality of fiber products.
Zhengchu Liu +2 more
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A Bio-Inspired Approach to Improve the Toughness of Brittle Bast Fibre-Reinforced Composites Using Cellulose Acetate Foils [PDF]
BiomimeticsBast fibre-reinforced plastics are characterised by good strength and stiffness but are often brittle due to the stiff and less ductile fibres. This study uses a biomimetic approach to improve impact strength.
Nina Graupner, Jörg Müssig
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Chemical-Physical Treatment for Production of Cellulose Nanofiber from Kenaf Bast Fiber
Journal of Natural Fibers, 2022 This paper presents the isolation of kenaf bast fiber to produce cellulose nanofiber (CNF) using chemical-physical treatment (e.g. delignification, bleaching and ultrasonication).
Mohamad Amran Mohd Salleh +2 more
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Genome-Wide Analysis of the Nramp Gene Family in Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus): Identification, Expression Analysis, and Response to Cadmium Stress [PDF]
PlantsKenaf (Hibiscus cannabinu) is a grass bast fiber crop that has the ability to tolerate and accumulate heavy metals, and it has been considered as a potential heavy metal accumulator and remediation plant. Nramp is a natural resistance-related macrophage,
Qin Liu, Shaocui Li, Guanghui Du, Xia An
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Extraction of Tannic Acid from Kenaf Bast Fibre using Ultrasonic Assisted Extraction [PDF]
Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, 2022 Tannic acid or tannin, type of phenolic compound contains in kenaf bast fibre. Conventional extraction has certain limitations in terms of time, energy, and solvent consumption.
M. Mohamad +7 more
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The effect of kenaf core and bast mixing on soda pulping and paper strengths [PDF]
تحقیقات علوم چوب و کاغذ ایران, 2014 Paper industry has been experiencing growing shortage of cellulosic material over the last decades. As a fast-growing plant, kenaf has good potential to compensate wood shortages taking into account its long historical record of cultivation in Iran ...
Saeid Mahdavi, Masoud reza Habibi
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Journal of Applied Agricultural Science and Technology, 2022 Different levels of NPK fertilizer were used to improve the growth, yield, and fiber morphology of two kenaf varieties. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted in the summer season of 2021 at the Grdarasha Field, College of Agricultural Engineering ...
Rabar Fatah Salih
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Zanco Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2020 Differences between growth and yield parameters of ten kenaf varieties were investigated to evaluate and determine the best variety to cultivation at Kurdistan environment.
Rabar Fatah Salih, Nawzad Ali Qader
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Efficacy of Aspergillus fumigatus R6 Pectinase in Enzymatic Retting of Kenaf
BioResources, 2016 Enzyme retting can be a viable alternative to water retting, which is the currently utilised method for extracting fibres from kenaf. The advantages of enzyme retting are its greater environmental friendliness, shorter retting time, and more controllable
Li Yin Wong +3 more
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