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News: timber processing

New green chemistry extracts valuable compounds from plant waste

The newly identified enzyme highlighted in pink
Posted on Mar 27 2025 by Johnny von Einem

Around 98 per cent of lignin created as a forestry by-product from plants is discarded, but a new enzyme could be the key to extracting high-value molecules from this waste using a green chemistry approach.

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