What is acidic hydrolysis?

Answer 1

Alkaline hydrolysis is the use of alkali chemical to break down complex molecules (specifically, tissues) into their basic building blocks. Tissue digestion by alkaline hydrolysis is commonly used to dispose of laboratory or veterinary carcasses. It often includes the use of temperature or high pressure, or both. If you put three cows into a tissue digester with alkali (NaOH or KOH, for example), after 20 hours or so you are left with a fluid consisting of amino acids, small peptides, sugars, nutrients, soap, and possibly some minor bone residues. Infectious disease is emiminated, and it is very likely that prions are destroyed as well. If KOH is used in digestion, then in it can be spread as a manure-like fertilizer (in some states which have approved this method). This technology has just recently become affordable, and I imagine you'll be seeing them in farms, co-ops, and meat-packing plants soon, as opposed to major-operation laboratories and veterinary hospitals. Very cool for our struggling environment! Hope this helps! Information on the specifics: http://www.animallab.com/articles.asp?pid=76 Here is the producer of the affordable model: www.BioResponseSolutions.com