Augmented digestion of lignocellulose by steam explosion, acid and alkaline pretreatment methods: a review

J Singh, M Suhag, A Dhaka - Carbohydrate polymers, 2015 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic materials can be explored as one of the sustainable substrates for
bioethanol production through microbial intervention as they are abundant, cheap and …

Lignocellulosic biomass (LCB): a potential alternative biorefinery feedstock for polyhydroxyalkanoates production

HS Al-Battashi, N Annamalai, N Sivakumar… - … Science and Bio …, 2019 - Springer
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are one of the most promising, degradable and eco-friendly
alternatives to fossil fuel-based plastic. Nevertheless, PHA derived from edible sources is a …

Isolation of cellulose‐degrading bacteria and determination of their cellulolytic potential

P Gupta, K Samant, A Sahu - International journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Eight isolates of cellulose‐degrading bacteria (CDB) were isolated from four different
invertebrates (termite, snail, caterpillar, and bookworm) by enriching the basal culture …

Bioethanol production from sunflower stalk: application of chemical and biological pretreatments by response surface methodology (RSM)

N Manmai, Y Unpaprom, R Ramaraj - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2021 - Springer
The present paper discusses response surface methodology (RSM) as an efficient tactic for
predictive model and optimization of the whole experimental methods of reducing sugar and …

Preparation of high surface area activated carbon from waste-biomass of sunflower piths: Kinetics and equilibrium studies on the dye removal

M Baysal, K Bilge, B Yılmaz, M Papila… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Sunflower pith (SP), a vast agricultural waste is herein used as a precursor material for
highly porous low density activated carbon production. Porosity and flake-like microstructure …

Principle and application of steam explosion technology in modification of food fiber

C Ma, L Ni, Z Guo, H Zeng, M Wu, M Zhang, B Zheng - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Steam explosion is a widely used hydrothermal pretreatment method, also known as
autohydrolysis, which has become a popular pretreatment method due to its lower energy …

A novel natural lignocellulosic biosorbent of sunflower stem-pith for textile cationic dyes adsorption

X Ma, Y Liu, Q Zhang, S Sun, X Zhou, Y Xu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
The naturally occurring agricultural waste based biosorbents have gained increasing
attention for green production and environmental protection, due to their biodegradability …

Revalorization of sunflower stalks as novel sources of cellulose nanofibrils and nanocrystals and their effect on wheat gluten bionanocomposite properties

E Fortunati, F Luzi, A Jiménez, DA Gopakumar… - Carbohydrate …, 2016 - Elsevier
Novel gluten based bionanocomposites reinforced with cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) and
cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) extracted from sunflower stalks by respectively a steam …

Two-step pretreatment of oil palm trunk for ethanol production by thermotolerent Saccharomyces cerevisiae SC90

AK Tareen, IN Sultan, K Songprom, N Laemsak… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) trunk chips were processed by steam explosion under different
steam conditions, followed by alkaline extraction and fermentation to produce efficient …

Metal accumulation by sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) and the efficacy of its biomass in enzymatic saccharification

SS Dhiman, X Zhao, J Li, D Kim, VC Kalia, IW Kim… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Accumulation of metal contaminants in soil as a result of various industrial and
anthropogenic activities has reduced soil fertility significantly. Phytoextraction of metal …