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Pretreatment of orange peels with fungal enzyme preparations rich in xylanase, pectinase and cellulases was found to enhance extractability of oil by steam distillation. Gas chromatographic studies revealed a several fold increase in limonene in the extract. Similar pretreatment of defatted seed meals, lead to significant increase in the amount of protein extracted.
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Forms part of Ph.D. thesis of A.S.
Part of this work was presented in 2nd Israeli Conference on Biotechnology, Israel Biochemical Society, Shoresh, Marh 4–5, 1981.
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Sharma, A., Joseph, R. Studies on the application of plant cell wall degrading enzymes from Aspergillus terreus and Neurospora crassa . Biotechnol Lett 5, 481–486 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00132232
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