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No More Boiling of Hair – The Answer Now Lies in Biotechnology: Cysteine from the Bio-Reactor
Apr 01, 2007
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Cystein Baker
Bakers use cystein-based baking ingredients to break open the sticky gluten contained in flour. The dough then becomes much easier to knead.
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Cystein Centrifuged
Cystine crystals after the fermenter nutrient has been centrifuged. The cystine crystals are isolated by centrifuging and the decanting the supernatant fermenter nutrient.
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Cystein Fermenter
WACKER is the only company in the world capable of producing the highest-purity cysteine from bacteria using a fermentation process. The bacteria produce cysteine non-stop, flushing the amino acid they produce through their cell membrane into the nutrient medium in the fermenter tanks.
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Cystein Hair
WACKER's vegetarian cysteine can be used to prepare hair for a “perm”, replacing the pungent thioglycolic acid currently used in Europe for this purpose.
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Cystein Microscop
Formation of cystine crystals. The cysteine produced by bacteria (violet) is converted into cystine in the culture medium.
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