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Role of Enzymes in Textile Processing

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Bioprospecting of Enzymes in Industry, Healthcare and Sustainable Environment

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Applications of enzymes to textile wet processing have significantly gained importance due to their stereo specific, non-toxic, eco-friendly, and energy conserving characteristics. The bioprocessing of natural textiles such as cotton, flax, jute, silk and wool has become exceptionally successful in textile wet processing system due to establishment of enhanced functional properties to the fibres along with other essential advantages. Applications to synthetic fibres also proved successful as in case of natural fibres without any exception. Advances in molecular biology and enzyme technology explore the idea of identification of new enzymes and possible alteration of the existing enzymes. In addition, application of enzymes to achieve effective results should also be favourable to technical, economical and environmental concerns. Immobilization of enzymes is one of such approaches for stabilization, providing long life with improved catalytic action to textile substrates. This chapter discusses about different types of enzymes, their potential application areas to different textile material groups, i.e. cellulosic, protein and synthetics, opportunities and challenges associated with these and finally concept of immobilization of enzymes.

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Dash, A.K., Sahoo, S.K. (2021). Role of Enzymes in Textile Processing. In: Thatoi, H., Mohapatra, S., Das, S.K. (eds) Bioprospecting of Enzymes in Industry, Healthcare and Sustainable Environment. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4195-1_19

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