| abstract |
EXTRACTION OF BIOPOLYMERS FROM PLANT MATERIALS. A method and apparatus for extracting high molecular weight biopolymers from plants are disclosed. Specifically, the invention described here relates to the commercial processing of plant material, including native plants from the desert of the Southeastern United States and Mexico, such as the guaiule plant (Parthenium argentatum), for the extraction of biopolymers, including rubbers. natural. More specifically, the invention relates to the laboratory or commercial scale extraction of high molecular weight biopolymers from plant materials which include the mechanical and chemical processing of plants and purification of the extracted biopolymer. |