Biotechnological production of xylitol from oil palm empty fruit bunch, a lignocellulosic waste
Palm oil mills in Malaysia generate approximately 15 million tons of oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) annually during processing of palm oil from fresh fruit bunch. This OPEFB fiber is a lignocellulosic waste which is renewable and contain high amount of xylan (approximately 24%), a polymer made...
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| author | Rahman, Siti Humairah Abd Choudhury, Jyoti Prosad Ahmad, Abdul Latif |
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| description | Palm oil mills in Malaysia generate approximately 15 million tons of oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) annually during processing of palm oil from fresh fruit bunch. This OPEFB fiber is a lignocellulosic waste
which is renewable and contain high amount of xylan (approximately 24%), a polymer made of pentose sugar xylose. Hydrolyzing acid such as sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid or hydrofluoric acid can be used as catalyst for reduction of xylan polymer to monomeric
sugar xylose. Xylose is used as the starting material for xylitol production. During hydrolysis process other sugars such as arabinose, galactose, glucose and some
unwanted components such as acetic acid and furfural are also released. |
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| spelling | usm.eprints-427522018-11-02T03:23:56Z http://eprints.usm.my/42752/ Biotechnological production of xylitol from oil palm empty fruit bunch, a lignocellulosic waste Rahman, Siti Humairah Abd Choudhury, Jyoti Prosad Ahmad, Abdul Latif Q179.9-180 Research Palm oil mills in Malaysia generate approximately 15 million tons of oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) annually during processing of palm oil from fresh fruit bunch. This OPEFB fiber is a lignocellulosic waste which is renewable and contain high amount of xylan (approximately 24%), a polymer made of pentose sugar xylose. Hydrolyzing acid such as sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid or hydrofluoric acid can be used as catalyst for reduction of xylan polymer to monomeric sugar xylose. Xylose is used as the starting material for xylitol production. During hydrolysis process other sugars such as arabinose, galactose, glucose and some unwanted components such as acetic acid and furfural are also released. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia Ahmad, Abdul Latif Yahya, Ahmad Rahim Mohd Abdullah, Amirul AI-Ashraf Muhammad, Tengku Sifzizul Tengku 2004 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/42752/1/pENV08.pdf Rahman, Siti Humairah Abd and Choudhury, Jyoti Prosad and Ahmad, Abdul Latif (2004) Biotechnological production of xylitol from oil palm empty fruit bunch, a lignocellulosic waste. In: The 4th Annual Seminar of National Science Fellowship NSF 2004 Proceedings. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, pp. 619-624. |
| spellingShingle | Q179.9-180 Research Rahman, Siti Humairah Abd Choudhury, Jyoti Prosad Ahmad, Abdul Latif Biotechnological production of xylitol from oil palm empty fruit bunch, a lignocellulosic waste |
| title | Biotechnological production of xylitol from oil palm empty fruit bunch, a lignocellulosic waste |
| title_full | Biotechnological production of xylitol from oil palm empty fruit bunch, a lignocellulosic waste |
| title_fullStr | Biotechnological production of xylitol from oil palm empty fruit bunch, a lignocellulosic waste |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biotechnological production of xylitol from oil palm empty fruit bunch, a lignocellulosic waste |
| title_short | Biotechnological production of xylitol from oil palm empty fruit bunch, a lignocellulosic waste |
| title_sort | biotechnological production of xylitol from oil palm empty fruit bunch a lignocellulosic waste |
| topic | Q179.9-180 Research |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/42752/1/pENV08.pdf |
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