Recovery of sugar cane cuticular wax by mechanical separation and solvent extraction

The industrial experience in the extraction and refining of sugar cane crude wax in Cuba from filter mud confirms the feasibility of such technologies for the production of waxes addressed to the pharmaceutical market, to high price drugs such as policosanol. With the aim of develop a new technology...

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Main Authors: Alberto García, Miguel A. García, Mauricio Ribas, Adolfo Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2003-06-01
Series:Grasas y Aceites
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Online Access:http://grasasyaceites.revistas.csic.es/index.php/grasasyaceites/article/view/261