Eucalyptus globulus biomass residues from pulping industry as a source of high value triterpenic compounds

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-70

  Domingues, R M A ^a   Sousa, G D A ^b   Freire, C S R ^a   Silvestre, A J D ^a   Neto, C Pascoal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b RAIZ Instituto de Investigacao da Floresta e Papel   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bark; Betulinic acid; Biorefinery; Eucalyptus globulus; Oleanolic acid; Pulping by products; Triterpenic acids; Ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

BETULINIC ACID; BIOREFINERIES; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; OLEANOLIC ACIDS; URSOLIC ACID;

BIOMASS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAPER AND PULP MILLS;

ACIDS;

BARK; BIOMASS; DICOTYLEDON; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HARVESTING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SECONDARY SECTOR INDUSTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACIDS; BARK; BIOMASS; BYPRODUCTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PAPER MILLS; PULP MILLS; PULPING;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

BIOACTIVE PROPERTY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HARVESTING; MILL; OIL; PULP;

EID: 71949105556     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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