In recent years bioethanol fuels derived from agricultural biomass resources or waste have been considered the cleanest liquid fuel alternative to fossil fuels. Ethanol consumption is expected to reach 11.2 billion gallons by 2012. Sweet sorghum, grown in the Southeast and Midwest states in US, contains 14%-20% fermentable sugar and is an ideal feedstock, owing to its ease of fermentation by ye...

Substituting sugar (sucrose and related fermentable saccharides) with low-calorie carbohydrates and sugar alcohols constitutes a well-founded approach to controlling energy intake in the prevention of obesity and certain diseases, and to limiting the occurrence of bacteria-associated diseases such as dental caries. The present concise review discusses selected sugar-substitute applications of a...

In the present study, we have explored potential of newly isolated Aspergillus terreus BD strain, which can accumulate itaconic acid (IA) at higher temperature. The shake flask cultivation thermotolerant strain with medium optimized using Box-Behnken Design 45 °C resulted in IA accumulation 28.9 g/L yield 0.27 g/g. enzymatic saccharification synthetic food waste (SFW) consisting potatoes, rice ...

A successful wort fermentation depends on both the sugar and free amino nitrogen (FAN) content of a wort. The primary goal mashing step is to generate fermentable sugars, as FAN regarded being primarily determined by malt quality; however, role in modifying has not been extensively studied, especially with respect non-barley brewing materials. In this study, gluten-free (GF) worts varied greatl...

Barley is a major cereal crop with wide ecological range, and its lignocellulosic residues have the potential to be used as feedstock for various purposes, including biofuel production. Lignocellulosic biomass an abundant renewable source of carbon energy. However, heterogeneous properties intrinsic recalcitrance caused by cell wall lignification lowered biorefinery efficiency. The reduced lign...

The effective utilisation of lignocellulosic biomass as fossil-based counterparts in the development bio-based chemicals manufacturing is progressively relevant. Hence, many works are underway to shift from petrochemical industries a sustainable biorefinery lactic acid production. Malaysia leading country palm oil producer, with an enormous supply inexpensive, renewable and non-food, yet untapp...

BACKGROUND Lignocellulosic biorefineries have tonnage and throughput requirements that must be met year round and there is no single feedstock available in any given region that is capable of meeting the price and availability demands of the biorefineries scheduled for deployment. Significant attention has been historically given to agriculturally derived feedstocks; however, a diverse range of...