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Detergents : types, components and uses / Emilie T. Hagen, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Biochemistry research trends series.
- Biochemistry research trends
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detergents.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (185 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Reviews research in the field of detergent types, their components and uses. This title also discusses biosurfactants and their uses in the petroleum industry and in hydrocarbon pollution remediation, and, detergent-based DNA extraction techniques in molecular biology.
- Contents:
- Intro
- DETERGENTS: TYPES, COMPONENTS AND USES
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Chapter 1 BIOSURFACTANTS AND THEIR USES IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY AND HYDROCARBON POLLUTION REMEDIATION
- ABSTRACT
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. BASIC CONCEPTS
- 2.1. Biosurfactant Nature
- 2.2. Surface and Interfacial Tension
- 2.3. Reduction of Surface and Interfacial Tension by Biosurfactants and Critical Micelle Concentration
- 2.4. Solubilization Capability
- 3. CLASSIFICATION OF BIOSURFACTANTS
- 3.1. Low-Molecular-Weigh Biosurfactants
- 3.2. High-Molecular-Weigh Biosurfactants
- 4. TOXICITY AND BIODEGRADABILITY OF BIOSURFACTANTS
- 5. APPLICATIONS
- 5.1. Hydrocarbon Pollution Bioremediation
- 5.1.1. Laboratory assays using liquid-biphasic systems
- 5.1.2. Biosurfactants in soil bioremediation
- 5.1.3. Biosurfactants in bioremediation of marine pollution
- 5.2. Pretroleum Industry
- 5.2.1. Biosurfactant application for oil recovery
- 5.2.2. Other uses
- 6. CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 2 DETERGENTS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY: DNA EXTRACTION AND PURIFICATION
- INTRODUCTION
- Genomics and Molecular Epidemiology Studies
- DNA Extraction Techniques
- Detergent Based DNA Extraction Techniques
- Downstream Applications of Detergent Extracted DNA's
- Viral DNA Extraction from Peripheral Blood
- CONCLUSION
- Chapter 3 CARBOHYDRASES IN DETERGENTS
- History and Development of Enzyme Usage in Detergents
- Before 1990
- 1990 Onwards
- The Importance and the Main Characteristics of Detergent Enzymes
- Properties and Functions of Hydrolases
- Proteases
- Carbohydrases
- Lipases
- Carbohydrases : Their Specific Functions in Detergents
- -Amylases
- Catalytic reaction
- Source and production.
- Enzyme specificity, biochemical characteristics, and functions
- Enzyme development for desired properties
- A New Highly Alkaline, Thermostable -Amylase Resistant to Surfactant
- Cellulases
- Source and production
- Enzyme specificity, biochemical characteristics, and functions
- Mannanases
- Enzyme structure, specificity, biochemical properties and functions
- Commercial Carbohydrases Used in Detergents
- Future prospects
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Chapter 4 THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT DETERGENTS ON THE PRESERVATION OF DISCRETE MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS: A COMPARATIVE ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDY ON WHOLE-MOUNTED COLORECTAL CANCER CELLS
- MATERIALS AND METHODS
- Cell Culture
- Chemicals
- Sample Preparation
- Imaging
- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
- Chapter 5 -SULFO FATTY METHYL ESTER SULFONATES (-MES): A NEW ANIONIC SURFACTANT
- 2. EXPERIMENTAL
- Materials
- Photochemical Reactor and Sulfoxidation Procedure
- Separation Procedure
- 3. RESULTS
- Proposed Reaction Mechanism
- Thermal decomposition: Dark reaction
- Irradiated reaction
- Effect of Wavelength
- Effect of Reaction Time
- Effect of Chain Length
- Analysis
- Performance
- BIOGRAPHIES
- Chapter 6 ACACIA CAVEN (MOL.) MOLINA POLLEN PROTEASES: APPLICATION TO THE PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS AND TO LAUNDRY DETERGENTS
- Plant Material
- Elution of the Enzyme from the Pollen Wall
- Chemical Reagents
- Proteolytic Activity Assays
- Effect of ph and Temperature on Proteolytic Activity
- Thermostability of Acacia Caven Crude Extract.
- Effect of Surfactants on the Proteolytic Activity of Acacia Caven Crude Extract
- Effect of Commercial Detergent on the Proteolityc Activity of Acacia Caven Crude Extract
- Enzymatic Synthesis Reaction Conditions
- Analytical Control of Enzymatic Synthesis
- RP-HPLC
- HPLC-MS
- INDEX
- Blank Page.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61728-241-3
- OCLC:
- 923662627
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