Pang, Suh Cem and Lee, Ken Voon and Chin, Suk Fun (2018) Conversion of Sago (Metroxylon sagu) Pith Waste to Fermentable Sugars via a Facile Depolymerization Process. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 184 (4). pp. 1142-1154. ISSN 0273-2289
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Abstract
The conversion of starchy sago (Metroxylon sagu) pith waste (SPW), a lignocellulosic biomass waste, to fermentable sugars under mild conditions had been successfully demonstrated. The optimum depolymerization of SPW was achieved at 2 wt% sample loading which was catalyzed by 100 mM of oxalic acid in the presence of 25 wt% NaCl solution at 110 °C for 3 h. Up to 97% SPW sample was being converted into fermentable sugars with limited formation of by-products after two sequential depolymerization cycles. Both reaction temperature and concentration of oxalic acid were crucial parameters for the depolymerization of SPW which exhibited a high selectivity for the production of glucose over other reducing sugars. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Depolymerization, Dicarboxylic acid, Inorganic salt, Lignocellulosic biomass, unimas, university, universiti, Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Samarahan, ipta, education, , research, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. |
| Subjects: | S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) |
| Divisions: | Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Resource Science and Technology Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Resource Science and Technology |
| Depositing User: | Ibrahim |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2018 04:02 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Apr 2018 04:02 |
| URI: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/20192 |
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