Immobilization of invertase on carboxymethylcellulose prepared from nata de coco for the inversion of sucrose

• Main Authors: Fundador, Erwin Oliver V., Sabularse, V. C., Revilleza, M. A. J. R.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2003
• Subjects: Invertase; Sugar—Inversion; Acetobacter; Chemistry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5521
• Institution: De La Salle University

Nata de coco, the cellulose produced by Acetobacter aceti with coconut water as substrate, was used as starting material in the synthesis of carboxymethylcellulose after treatment with NaOH and monochloroacetic acid. The product, referred to as carboxymethyl-“nata”(CMN), had a degree of substitution...