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- Title
Safety Evaluation for a Biodiesel Process Using Prion-Contaminated Animal Fat as a Source.
- Authors
Seidel, Björn; Alm, Martin; Peters, Rainer; Kördel, Werner; Schäffer, Andreas
- Abstract
The article examines the application of Western blotting in analyzing whether the production of biodiesel derived from animal fat containing pathogenic prions could be accepted as safe for humans and the environment. Prions are responsible for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies-derived illnesses. The biodiesel manufacturing process, which was downscaled and performed under laboratory-scale conditions, led to the decline in the assimilation of the pathogenic prion protein in the main products.
- Subjects
WESTERN immunoblotting; PROTEIN analysis; PRIONS; PATHOGENIC microorganisms; BOVINE spongiform encephalopathy; PUBLIC health; ENVIRONMENTAL health; MANUFACTURING processes; MEDICAL microbiology
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2006, Vol 13, Issue 2, p125
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1065/espr2005.08.283