<p><strong>Organosolv process for deconstruction of highly recalcitrant cotton stalks</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Organosolv process for deconstruction of highly recalcitrant cotton stalks</strong></p> |
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Sankh, Santosh N Rangaswamy, Vidhya |
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Agricultural residue; Air Pollution; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Formic acid; Gossypium hirsutum; Nitric acid |
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Burning crop residues in a cotton fields adds to environmental pollution and it demands a sustainable solution. As an alternative to burning, cotton biomass can be fractionated into sugars which would not only mitigate the pollution concern but also bring value addition. Here, we propose a process for deconstruction of the highly recalcitrant cotton stalk using a combination of organic and mineral acid fractionation. It includes treatment with formic acid (67 wt. %) at a solid to liquid ratio of 1:4 for 30 min at 130°C. Subsequent treatment with 2% (w/w) nitric acid and de-esterification with 0.5 % (w/v) sodium carbonate resulted in delignification of about 89.01%. The enzymatic hydrolysis using 25 FPU of Cellic Ctec3 at a biomass load of 5% (w/v) gave a glucan yield of 68% in 48 h. This is one of the few studies on deconstruction of a highly recalcitrant biomass with high lignin content.</p> |
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Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB) 2020-12-30 15:56:05 |
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application/pdf http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/IJEB/article/view/44653 |
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Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB); ##issue.vol## 59, ##issue.no## 1 (2021): IJEB [January 2021] |
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