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US 2025/0116064 A1Published application
Bleaching Trichomes to Remove Proteins
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsPhillip Richard Green, Raul Victorino Nunes, Nicholas William Geary, Khosrow Parviz Mohammadi
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Abstract
A process for bleaching non-wood fibers, including trichome fibers, individualized from a non-wood fiber source, such as a leaf and/or a stem, is disclosed. The process of bleaching degrades non-wood fiber associated protein. Further, the bleaching processes improves the color of the non-wood fibers.
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A process of treating non-wood fibers to remove proteins, whereby the process comprises:
- a. selecting a non-wood containing biomass;
- b. individualizing non-wood fibers from the biomass, wherein the non-wood fibers have a protein content;
- c. wetting the non-wood fibers;
- d. reacting the non-wood fibers with a reactant comprising at least one of a chlorite, a peroxide, and a peracid at a pH greater than about 8;
- e. removing the non-wood fibers from the reaction;
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- f. measuring the protein content of the reacted non-wood fibers.
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A process of treating non-wood fibers to remove proteins, whereby the process comprises:
- a. selecting a non-wood containing biomass;
- b. individualizing non-wood fibers from the biomass, wherein the non-wood fibers have a protein content;
- c. wetting the non-wood fibers;
- d. reacting the non-wood fibers with a first reactant;
- e. reacting the non-wood fibers with a second reactant;
- f. removing the non-wood fibers from the second reaction;
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- g. measuring the protein content of the reacted non-wood fibers.
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