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US 5,846,788 AGranted
Process for preparing a lignocellulose-based product, and product obtainable by the process
AssigneeNovo Nordisk A/S
InventorsLars Saaby Pedersen, Claus Felby
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Abstract
A process for the manufacture of a lignocellulose-based product from a lignocellulosic material comprises treating the lignocellulosic material and a phenolic polysaccharide having substituents containing a phenolic hydroxy group with an enzyme capable of catalyzing the oxidation of phenolic groups in the presence of an oxidizing agent.
Claims24
A process for the manufacture of a lignocellulose product, comprising the steps of:
- (a) mixing in a reaction medium, a phenolic polysaccharide with lignocellulose, wherein the polysaccharide is substituted with a phenolic hydroxy group;
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- (b) adding to the mixture of (a) an enzyme capable of catalyzing the oxidation of phenolic groups in the presence of an oxidizing agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.