ALTHOUGH the characteristic features of the chemistry of starch and cellulose are satisfactorily represented by the commonly accepted structures involving chains of glucopyranosido residues ...

"Cellulose and starch have the same chemical formula," Zhang said. "The difference is in their chemical linkages. Our idea is to use an enzyme cascade to break up the bonds in cellulose ...

“Cellulose and starch have the same chemical formula,” said Zhang. “The difference is in their chemical linkages. Our idea is to use an enzyme cascade to break up the bonds in ...

Ten years have elapsed since the structural model of glucose was ... This model now can be regarded as the unit of the carbohydrates cellulose, starch and glycogen. At the outset it was essential ...

Plants produce cellulose and starch, which are chemically similar ... The whole process didn’t require any unusual heat or chemical reagents, other than the enzymes themselves, so it would ...

Sponsor Message So he got an idea: What if we could convert the cellulose in this plentiful biomass to edible starch, which makes up 50 to 60 percent of the human diet? Maybe a technology like ...

Zimmermann pointed out that products based on cellulose and starch contained the most chemicals ... “Even seemingly similar products have their own special chemical composition. A plastic bag made of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue researchers have discovered the structure of the enzyme that makes cellulose, a finding that could lead to easier ways of breaking down plant materials to make biofuels ...

Researchers have now developed a method to make structural colors from cellulose-based polymers by using coated droplets that exist in a surrounding fluid -- so-called liquid marbles. The system ...

researchers are now exploring novel methods to create cellulose-based materials that combine flexibility, strength, and structural color. In a significant step forward, researchers in China have ...

February 22, 2008 Construction has begun on an integrated cellulose and starch ethanol commercial demonstration facility in Montana, USA. The plant is being built by AE Biofuels, an energy company ...