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Assessment of the Applicability of Cellulolytic Enzyme in Disassembling of Caked Papers

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Paper and Cellulose Chemistry

Abstract

The phenomenon of caked papers is one of the most serious problems faced the restoration and conservation of historical manuscripts, books, and paper documents. The papers reach a state of weakness and fragility make it difficult to deal with. Although various causes lead to this phenomenon, fungal bio-deterioration is the most important one. For the disassembling of caked papers, the traditional applied methods including mechanical separation and organic solvents are not completely effective. The present research aimed to find an applicable solution in the disassembling of caked papers via the evaluation of the use of locally produced cellulolytic enzyme. Therefore, different treatment conditions including the use of different enzyme activities for different treatment periods were examined. The amount of reducing sugars released in the treatment solution was initially determined. In addition, chemical, physical and mechanical properties of the treated samples were monitored using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, color change measurement, tensile strength and elongation. Digital and scanning electron microscopy were also applied to examine the topographic changes occurred on the surface of the treated papers. The results proved that the lowest concentration of the used enzyme able to separate the caked papers, improving its mechanical and physical properties.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.83497.4095

Keywords

Cellulase, Caked papers, fungi, Disassembling

Authors

First Name

Mustafa

Last Name

Mohi

MiddleName

Attia

Affiliation

Department of Conservation, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, Egypt.

Email

mostafaattia@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Shaymaa

Last Name

Ismail

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products, Division of Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

shaymaaabdallaismail@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0003-4049-3869

First Name

ِAmira

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products Department, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth st.(former El Tahrir st.), P.O 12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

Email

amiraalyhassan@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-4604-7678

First Name

Ayah

Last Name

Tawfik

MiddleName

mounir

Affiliation

Microbiological Lab., NLA, Cairo., Egypt

Email

ayah_sci_bio@yahoo.com

City

Cario

Orcid

-

First Name

Walid

Last Name

mohamed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of conservation, faculty of archaeology, Cairo university

Email

waleedshaaban96@yahoo.com

City

Fayoum

Orcid

-

Volume

65

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

28750

Issue Date

2022-01-01

Receive Date

2021-07-01

Publish Date

2022-01-01

Page Start

581

Page End

591

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_186143.html

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Original Article

Type Code

297

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Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Created At

22 Jan 2023