Laboratory studies on retting of coconut husk

Nazareth, S.W.; Mavinkurve, S.

dc.contributor.author	Nazareth, S.W.
dc.contributor.author	Mavinkurve, S.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-02T09:58:06Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-02T09:58:06Z
dc.date.issued	1987
dc.identifier.citation	International Biodeterioration. 23(6); 1987; 343-355.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0265-3036(87)90023-6
dc.identifier.uri	http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/96
dc.description.abstract	Laboratory rets set by soaking the coconut husk in water were monitored by physico-chemical analysis of leachate and husk. Increasing amounts of pectins and phenols were leached in ret liquor during a period of 9 days of soaking. A GLC analysis revealed the presence of various aromatic p-hydroxy-phenolic and methoxy compounds, such as benzoic, p-hydroxybenzoic, veratric, gentisic, syringic, p-coumaric, vanillic and cinnamic acids in ret liquor, ret liquor supplemented with Fusarium solani and controls. Aeration turned the leachate and the fibre brown in colour. Pectins, phenols, Klason and milled wood lignin (MWL) and cellulose contents of soaked husk varied disproportionately. Tensile strength and the diameters of the fibres varied widely; the soaked husk gave softer fibre than the unsoaked ones.	en_US
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en_US
dc.subject	Microbiology	en_US
dc.title	Laboratory studies on retting of coconut husk	en_US
dc.type	Journal article	en_US
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