Biotechnological production of xylitol from oil palm empty fruit bunch, a lignocellulosic waste

Rahman, Siti Humairah Abd and Choudhury, Jyoti Prosad and Ahmad, Abdul Latif (2004) Biotechnological production of xylitol from oil palm empty fruit bunch, a lignocellulosic waste. In: The 4th Annual Seminar of National Science Fellowship NSF 2004 Proceedings. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, pp. 619-624.

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Abstract

Palm oil mills in Malaysia generate approximately 15 million tons of oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) annually during processing of palm oil from fresh fruit bunch. This OPEFB fiber is a lignocellulosic waste which is renewable and contain high amount of xylan (approximately 24%), a polymer made of pentose sugar xylose. Hydrolyzing acid such as sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid or hydrofluoric acid can be used as catalyst for reduction of xylan polymer to monomeric sugar xylose. Xylose is used as the starting material for xylitol production. During hydrolysis process other sugars such as arabinose, galactose, glucose and some unwanted components such as acetic acid and furfural are also released.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General) > Q179.9-180 Research
Divisions:	Koleksi Penganjuran Persidangan (Conference Collection) > Annual Seminar National Science Fellowship (NSF)
Depositing User:	Puan Sukmawati Muhamad
Date Deposited:	26 Oct 2018 02:32
Last Modified:	02 Nov 2018 03:23
URI:	http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/42752

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