ENZYMATIC PREPARATION OF PLANT FIBERS

摘要

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 9O°C or less; and subsequently treating recovered fibers with a protease at alkaline pH.