A new enzyme can turn lignin waste into valuable chemicals using green, hydrogen peroxide-based processing, offering a ...

Around 98 per cent of lignin created as a forestry by-product from plants is discarded, but a new enzyme could be the key to extracting high-value molecules from this waste using a green chemistry ...

About 98% of lignin created as a forestry by-product from plants is discarded, but a new enzyme could be the key to extracting high-value molecules from this waste using a green chemistry approach.

More information: Chenxi Wang et al, Deep Eutectic Solvent-Extracted Lignin for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Preparation, ACS ...

Although the components of wood – cellulose and lignin – are exceedingly cheap and plentiful, combining these into a wood-like structure is not straightforward, despite many attempts to make ...

He then moved to the Chair of Biological Chemistry at the University of Warwick in 1999. Since 2008, his research group has studied enzymes involved in bacterial degradation of lignin. This led to a ...