Title
Influence of ultrasound field on laccase degumming process
Authors
CECILIA SIRGHIE IOAN VIFOR ISTOC SIMONA BUNGAU and LUCIAN COPOLOVICI

Received January 14, 2014
Published Volume 49 Issue 9-10 October-December
Keywords flax-cotton, laccase, degumming, ultrasounds

Abstract
The enzymatic degumming of flax becomes an important alternative to conventional procedures. This paper investigates the benefits of ultrasounds in the diffusion of the enzymes, as well as their effects on the substrate. The combined enzyme-ultrasound process improves the degumming by accelerated heterogeneous enzyme–flax fiber reaction and the cavitation phenomenon upon sonication of the substrate.