Linen Most Useful: Perspectives on Structure, Chemistry, and Enzymes for Retting Flax

Table 11

Properties of Bioprep-retted and Viscozyme-retted linseed flax varieties.

Retting formulation^1	Fine fiber; yield (%)^2	Strength; (g/tex)^3	Elongation; (%)^3	Fineness^4
Hermes Bioprep; M	5.9 ± 0.3^bc	36.7 ± 0.9^a	1.9 ± 0.21^a	4.1 ± 0.2^a
Hermes seed flax Viscozyme + M	5.0 ± 0.6^c	21.3 ± 1.8^c	1.4 ± 0.1^b	3.0 ± 0.1^b
Omega seed flax Bioprep; M	8.4 ± 0.3^a	30.5 ± 0.1^b	2.0 ± 0.1^a	1.1 ± 0.1^c
Omega seed flax Viscozyme + M	6.3 ± 0^b	20.7 ± 1.5^c	1.1 ± 0.1^c	1.2 ± 0^c

¹Bioprep and Viscozyme used at under optical conditions for the enzymes. M is Mayoquest 200 used to provide 18 mM EDTA as chelator. In use with Bioprep, incubated with M follows after enzyme soak. In use with Viscozyme, M is used with enzyme mixture.
²Percent of fiber after passing cleaned fiber through the Shirley Analyzer.
³Modified test method ASTM D1445-95, 1999.
⁴Airflow method.
^a,b,cValues followed by different letters differ at 𝑃≤0.05.
Data modified from [35].