Wheat straw biomass: A resource for high-value chemicals

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-67

  Schnitzer, Morris ^a   Monreal, Carlos M ^a   Powell, Erin E ^b  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

alkaloids; cosmetics; fatty acids; fine chemicals; flavonoids; heterocyclic N; mass spectrometry; pyrolysis; sterols; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS; FINE CHEMICALS; HETEROCYCLIC-N; IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; STEROLS; WHEAT STRAWS;

ALCOHOLS; ALKALOIDS; AMINO ACIDS; COSMETICS; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); EXTRACTION; FATTY ACIDS; FLAVONOIDS; LINOLEIC ACID; LIPIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PYROLYSIS; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

STRAW;

ALKALOID; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; CROP RESIDUE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXTRACTION METHOD; FATTY ACID; LIGNIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC MATTER; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; STRAW; WHEAT;

VEGETABLE OIL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EVALUATION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; PLANT OILS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TRITICUM;

EID: 84886394653     PISSN: 03601234     EISSN: 15324109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2013.836924     Document Type: Article

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