This study aims to increase the in vitro ruminal degradability of oil palm fronds (OPFs) through enzymatic pretreatment. The isolated fungi were selected based on their lignocellulosic degrading enzyme activities. Eleven successfully isolated, and activities evaluated. Three fungi, F1, F2 F4 selected, they identified as Trichoderma harzianum MK027305, MK027306 Fusarium solani MK027309, respecti...

This study focused on the optimization of xylitol production from sugarcane bagasse by using response surface methodology. Xylitol was produced through a series processes, firstly, ultrasound-assisted mild alkaline pretreatment for xylan extraction followed enzymatic hydrolysis to xylose enzyme β-1,4-xylanase and finally microbial fermentation yeast (Candida guilliermondii), bacteria (Corynebac...

A promising extraction method for obtaining fat from Pycnanthus angolensis seeds through Aspergillus niger strain BC23 enzyme pretreatment and particle size reduction is presented in this work. The employed A. was produced corn bagasse waste material, which served as the only source of carbon. P. were dried, pulverized subsequently sieved into two different sizes 1.0 mm 1.4 mm. This followed by...

Production of structured lipid 1,3-dioleoyl-2-palmitoylglycerol (OPO), from tripalmitin (PPP) and oleic acid (OA) using lipases and ultrasonic pretreatment was conducted. Factors influencing both the ultrasonic conditions and enzymatic reaction were investigated. Optimum conditions could be attained with 6 min pretreatment time, 50% ultrasonic power, 3 s/9 s (work/pause) cycle of ultrasonic pul...

Carrot discard was evaluated as a raw material for acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation. Different strategies based on hydrothermal pretreatment and/or enzymatic hydrolysis were compared biobutanol production from carrot pulp. In addition, the use of different types enzymes and diverse enzyme mixtures evaluated. this way, total sugar recoveries up to 76%, butanol ABE concentrations 7.4 11...

This study aims to design an alternative way for the laminated fabric manufacturing with a cleaner production method, by using bio-based coating formulation and time/cost saving, environmentally friendly UV-curing technology, compared conventional petroleum based, heat solvent requiring laminating process. For this purpose, acrylated epoxidized soybean oil oligomer was synthesized included in f...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Previous research on alkaline pretreatment has mainly focused on optimization of the process parameters to improve substrate digestibility. To achieve satisfactory sugar yield, extremely high chemical loading and enzyme dosages were typically used. Relatively little attention has been paid to reduction of chemical consumption and process waste management, which has prov...

1. The detergent Triton X-100 activates UDP glucuronyltransferase from rat liver in vitro six- to seven-fold with p-nitrophenol as substrate. The enzyme activity when measured in the presence of Triton X-100 is increased significantly by pretreatment of male rats with phenobarbital for 4 days (90mg/kg each day intraperitoneally). If no Triton X-100 is applied in vitro such an increase could not...