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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Wing L. Sung, Ottawa, CA;
Mark Wood, Ottawa, CA;
Fang Huang, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21C 1/00 (2006.01); D01C 1/04 (2006.01); C12Q 1/37 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of extracting fibers from decorticated plant bast skin involves pre-treating decorticated plant bast skin of a fiber plant with an aqueous solution containing trisodium citrate having a pH in a range of about 8-14 at a temperature of about 90° C. or less; and subsequently treating recovered fibers with a protease at alkaline pH.