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Sterling enzyme

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Submitted by ipsita on Tue, 1992-06-30 00:00

WHAT IS common between Rajasthan's deserts and quality paper? The National Chemical Laboratory has isolated an enzyme from a micro-organism found in the Haldighat region of the state. This chemical breaks down a component of paper pulp, hemicullulose, which lowers the quality of paper. But the enzyme leaves the cellulose, the other component of paper pulp, intact. There's further good news: the laboratory's researchers believe the country can earn US $3 million in foreign exchange from this.

Main Topic: 
Forests
thesaurus: 
Paper and Pulp Industry
Research
Scientists
Rajasthan
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
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dte
Publication Date: 
29/06/1992