Ionic Liquids Separating Rubber Latex from Guayule

Danger to rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis) from South American leaf blight fungus imperils the world’s source of natural latex for essential rubber products. Avoiding latex allergies also requires a non-Hevea latex source. The present methods for removing latex entrapped in the individual cells of...

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Autores principales: Lynam, Joan G., Zugger, Holden T., Amedee, Elizabeth T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8348007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34361449
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14154255
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description Danger to rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis) from South American leaf blight fungus imperils the world’s source of natural latex for essential rubber products. Avoiding latex allergies also requires a non-Hevea latex source. The present methods for removing latex entrapped in the individual cells of guayule plants require environmentally hazardous chemicals. This study proposes a new method for latex extraction from guayule using various ionic liquids (ILs) to dissolve cell walls and release latex, as substantiated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) data.
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spelling pubmed-83480072021-08-08 Ionic Liquids Separating Rubber Latex from Guayule Lynam, Joan G. Zugger, Holden T. Amedee, Elizabeth T. Materials (Basel) Communication Danger to rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis) from South American leaf blight fungus imperils the world’s source of natural latex for essential rubber products. Avoiding latex allergies also requires a non-Hevea latex source. The present methods for removing latex entrapped in the individual cells of guayule plants require environmentally hazardous chemicals. This study proposes a new method for latex extraction from guayule using various ionic liquids (ILs) to dissolve cell walls and release latex, as substantiated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) data. MDPI 2021-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8348007/ /pubmed/34361449 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14154255 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8348007/
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