Abstract: High permeability cellulose fibers containing enzymes are formed by preparing a solution of nitrocellulose in a solvent that is insoluble in water, preparing an aqueous enzyme solution, mixing together the nitrocellulose and enzyme solutions and emulsifying the mixture, spinning the emulsion into a coagulating bath to produce fibers englobing enzymes and treating the fibers with a reducing agent under conditions which do not damage the enzymes so that nitro groups are removed from the nitrocellulose.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 11, 1974
Date of Patent:
March 30, 1976
Assignee:
Snamprogetti S.p.A.
Inventors:
Dino Dinelli, Francesco Bartoli, Silvio Gulinelli