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Back to the Maillard in reaction "Dr. Louis-Camille Maillard has succeeded to reproduce under controlled, laboratory conditions a major natural phenomenon, and then to elucidate its molecular mechanisms. Indeed, in many natural media (e.g. waters, soils and sediments), sugars and amino acids produced by the hydrolysis of polysaccharides and proteins, respectively, are reacting together to yield Maillard brown polymers. This discovery is of paramount importance for the two following fields": - in Geology, the Maillard reaction is one of the processes leading to petroleum formation - in Agronomy, the Maillard reaction explains the formation of humus and its role in the sequestration of pollutants. See also the 1st communication on the "reaction" |
Geochemistry : petroleum, coal and gas
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