Mild alkali-pretreatment effectively extracts guaiacyl-rich lignin for high lignocellulose digestibility coupled with largely diminishing yeast fermentation inhibitors in Miscanthus

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 169, Issue , 2014, Pages 447-454

  Li, Ming ^a   Si, Shengli ^a   Hao, Bo ^a   Zha, Yi ^a   Wan, Can ^a   Hong, Shufen ^a   Kang, Yongbo ^a   Jia, Jun ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a   Li, Meng ^a   Zhao, Chunqiao ^a   Tu, Yuanyuan ^a   Zhou, Shiguang ^a,b   Peng, Liangcai ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hubei Aohua Bioenergy Industrial Corporation Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass digestibility; Fermentation inhibitor; Mild alkali pretreatment; Miscanthus; Monolignins

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; YEAST; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FERMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN;

ALKALI PRETREATMENT; FERMENTATION INHIBITORS; LIGNIN MODIFICATIONS; MISCANTHUS; MONOLIGNINS; NAOH PRETREATMENT; OPTIMAL APPROACHES; YEAST FERMENTATION;

LIGNIN; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS;

ALKALI; HEXOSE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; HEMICELLULOSE; MONOMER; MONOSACCHARIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL; GUAIAC; POLYSACCHARIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

BIOMASS; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASS; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; PERENNIAL PLANT; RICE; YEAST; INHIBITOR; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXTRACTION; FERMENTATION INHIBITION; HYDROLYSIS; MISCANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; DNA MODIFICATION; FERMENTATION; GRASS; PLANT CELL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; PROCEDURES; TIME;

MISCANTHUS;

BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GUAIAC; LIGNIN; POACEAE; POLYSACCHARIDES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904874889     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.07.017     Document Type: Article

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