METHODS FOR ELEVATING OR LOWERING THE GREEN STRENGTH OF A NATURAL RUBBER

摘要

A DEPROTEINIZED NATURAL RUBBER SUBSTANTIALLY FREE FROM ANY PROTEIN AND A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME WHICH COMPRISES TREATING A LATEX WITH A PROTEASE AND A SPECIFIC SURFACTANT OR A COMBINATION OF SPECIFIC SURFACTANTS AND SEPARATING RUBBER PARTICLES ARE DISCLOSED. A METHOD FOR ELEVATING THE GREEN STRENGTH OF A NATURAL RUBBER AND A METHOD FOR LOWERING THE GREEN STRENGTH OF A NATURAL RUBBER ARE ALSO DISCLOSED. FURTHERMORE, A MEANS FOR PREVENTING ALLERGY INDUCED BY NATURAL RUBBER IS ALSO DISCLOSED.