Recent Methods in the Pretreatment of Corncob Wastes for Value-Added Bioproducts Carbon Sources

Abstract Corncobs are composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. Cellulose hemicellulose monomeric sugars that can be utilized as carbon sources for microbial growth bioproduct formation. However, corncobs present several challenges due to their complex recalcitrant nature. Addressing these increased enzymatic accessibility requires pretreatment methods break down resistant structures, thus enabling the recovery fermentable sugars. Different on corncob wastes have been studied extensively: chemical, physicochemical, combined pretreatments. Among developed methods, pretreatments most widely used in process overcome various limitations a single method. Several increase sugar production, shorten processing time repress inhibitor This review article would assist determining best method according advantages, challenges, effectiveness