Polyhydroxybutyrate, Its Copolymers and Blends
- 1 May 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part C: Polymer Reviews
- Vol. 35 (2) , 327-359
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15321799508009640
Abstract
Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is an optically active polymer of D(−)3-hydroxybutyric acid. It is a naturally occurring polymer produced by a wide variety of bacteria. It serves as an intracellular storage material for carbon and energy and is accumulated as granules within the cytoplasm [1–4] of the bacteria. The chemical structure of PHB is shown in Fig. 1.Keywords
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