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All parts of a pig: Greener biodiesel with the help of "sus scrofa domestica"

My grandfather once said "You can use everything from a pig (Lat. sus scrofa domestica)" and he seems to be right. A southern Spanish company called Seneca Green Catalyst has unvelied a new method to produce biodiesel using new enzyme-based catalysers obtained from swine's pancreatic lipase. Lurking at this online definition, lipases are "water-soluble enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of ester bonds in water-insoluble lipid substrates." That is, like soap with greasy pots. Since it's an organic product the pollution that results from the ... Read more →

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