Browsing by Subject "Cellulose"

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    • Extraction of cellulose from cacti 

      Monye, Moses Seleke (North-West University, 2012)
      Paraffin is used as a main household energy source for cooking, lighting and heating by low-income communities in South Africa. It is highly inflammable and spillages from paraffin can be considered as one of the major ...

    • More good news about polymeric plant- and algae-derived biomaterials in drug delivery systems 

      Scholtz, Jacques; Van der Colff, Jaco; Steenekamp, Jan; Stieger, Nicole; Hamman, Josias (Bentham Science, 2014)
      Natural polymers are continuously investigated for use in pharmaceutical and tissue engineering applications due to the renewability of their supply. Besides the conventional use of natural materials in dosage form design ...

    • Preparation and characterization of directly compactible layer-by-layer nanocoated cellulose 

      Strydom, Schalk J.; Liebenberg, Wilna; Otto, Daniel P.; Lvov, Yuri M.; De Villiers, Melgardt M, (Elsevier, 2011)
      Microcrystalline cellulose is a commonly used direct compression tablet diluent and binder. It is derived from purified α-cellulose in an environmentally unfriendly process that involves mineral acid catalysed hydrolysis. ...