| abstract |
The present invention relates to compositions comprising a plant material, specifically com gluten meal, and methods for using the same in extracting or removing a hydrocarbon-containing substance such as oil, coal tar, creosote, sludge, bitumen or refined products thereof from a substrate or remediating a substrate wherein the substrate is soil, sand, wood, paper, skin, a waterbody, gravel, mud, clay, plant, hair, fabric, metal, glass, porcelain, ceramic, a living animal or a dead animal, comprising extracting a hydrocarbon-containing substance from the substrate. |