The food–materials nexus: Next generation bioplastics and advanced materials from agri‐food residues

CG Otoni, HMC Azeredo, BD Mattos… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The most recent strategies available for upcycling agri‐food losses and waste (FLW) into
functional bioplastics and advanced materials are reviewed and the valorization of food …

Bio-based products from xylan: A review

DS Naidu, SP Hlangothi, MJ John - Carbohydrate polymers, 2018 - Elsevier
Obtaining chemicals and materials in sustainable ways is of growing importance. A potential
source of sustainable chemicals and materials is lignocellulosic biomass residues …

Xylooligosaccharides as prebiotics from agricultural by-products: Production and applications

AK Samanta, N Jayapal, C Jayaram, S Roy… - … and Dietary Fibre, 2015 - Elsevier
The growing demands of novel food products for well-being and age related issues coupled
with increasing health care expenditure has attracted global attention on prebiotics. During …

A review of sugarcane bagasse for second‐generation bioethanol and biopower production

TL Bezerra, AJ Ragauskas - Biofuels, Bioproducts and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Sugarcane bagasse is a large‐volume agriculture residue that is generated on a~ 540
million metric tons per year basis globally1, 2 with the top‐three producing countries in Latin …

Fractional purification and bioconversion of hemicelluloses

F Peng, P Peng, F Xu, RC Sun - Biotechnology advances, 2012 - Elsevier
Hemicelluloses are types of plant cell wall polysaccharides, and the world's second most
abundant renewable polymers after cellulose in lignocellulosic materials. They represent a …

Effects of chemical treatments on hemp fibre structure

MM Kabir, H Wang, KT Lau, F Cardona - Applied Surface Science, 2013 - Elsevier
In this study, hemp fibres were treated with alkali, acetyl and silane chemicals. Fibre
constituents such as cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin constituents were separated from …

From plant biomass to bio-based chemicals: latest developments in xylan research

R Deutschmann, RFH Dekker - Biotechnology advances, 2012 - Elsevier
For a hundred years or more, oil and natural gas has supplied fuel and other raw chemicals
to support economic growth. In the last decades their shrinking reservoirs and the increasing …

Two-step thermodegradation kinetics of cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin under isothermal torrefaction analyzed by particle swarm optimization

WH Chen, CF Eng, YY Lin, QV Bach… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The recognition of the isothermal thermodegradation of cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin
plays a vital role for torrefaction to upgrade lignocellulosic biomass and produce biochar …

The effect of bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) cell types on the structure of hemicelluloses

Z Bai, Z Lv, J Rao, D Sun, Y Hu, P Yue, R Tian… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) is a promising high-performance material because of its
large planting areas, fast growth, good adaptability, high ultimate strength and stiffness …

Value addition to sugarcane bagasse: Xylan extraction and its process optimization for xylooligosaccharides production

N Jayapal, AK Samanta, AP Kolte, S Senani… - Industrial Crops and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The effect of alkali viz., sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide, on the recovery of xylan
from sugarcane bagasse under two different conditions namely overnight incubation at room …