Pré-tratamentos de melaço de cana-de-açúcar e água de maceração de milho para a bioprodução de carotenóides Pretreatment of sugarcane molasses and corn steep liquor for the production of carotenoids

<abstract language="eng">This work studied the pretreatment of sugarcane molasses (CM) and corn steep liquor (CS) for the production of carotenoids by Sporidiobolus salmonicolor (CBS 2636). The acid pretreatment removed less micronutrients than that with activated carbon and led to h...

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Main Authors: Eunice Valduga, Alexsandra Valério, Helen Treichel, Marco Di Luccio, Rosângela Assis Jacques, Agenor Fúrigo Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2007-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422007000800012
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Summary:<abstract language="eng">This work studied the pretreatment of sugarcane molasses (CM) and corn steep liquor (CS) for the production of carotenoids by Sporidiobolus salmonicolor (CBS 2636). The acid pretreatment removed less micronutrients than that with activated carbon and led to high removals of Cu and Mn. Reduction in optical density of the prepared medium and removal of glucose from it were 22% and 7% for CM and 95% and 38% for CS, respectively. Total carotenoids obtained with substrates pretreated with acids (541 mg/L) were higher than the results obtained when the medium was treated with activated carbon (208 mg/L).
ISSN:0100-4042
1678-7064