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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2003
Applicants:
Thavaratnam Vasanthan, Edmonton, CA;
Feral Temelli, Edmonton, CA;
Zvonko Burkus, Edmonton, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Governors of the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, unknown;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to methods for secondary processing of plant material and in particular for the recovery of valuable products such as fiber including beta-glucan, starch, and ethanol solubles from plant material containing starch and fiber. In particular, the invention relates to the preparation of high viscosity beta-glucan products through methods involving sonication/sonification and enzymes.