Effect of palm oil mill sterilization process on the physicochemical characteristics and enzymatic hydrolysis of empty fruit bunch

Sterilization process of oil palm fruits by-product can be satisfactorily used as alternative degradation method in production of value-added products from Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB). It could be considered as an auto hydrolysis technique in the regular pre-treatment methods. Other studies on lignocell...

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Main Authors: Simarani, Khanom, Hassan, Mohd Ali, Abd. Aziz, Suraini, Wakisaka, Minato, Shirai, Yoshihito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Knowledgia Review, Malaysia 2009
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author Simarani, Khanom
Hassan, Mohd Ali
Abd. Aziz, Suraini
Wakisaka, Minato
Shirai, Yoshihito
author_facet Simarani, Khanom
Hassan, Mohd Ali
Abd. Aziz, Suraini
Wakisaka, Minato
Shirai, Yoshihito
author_sort Simarani, Khanom
building UPM Institutional Repository
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description Sterilization process of oil palm fruits by-product can be satisfactorily used as alternative degradation method in production of value-added products from Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB). It could be considered as an auto hydrolysis technique in the regular pre-treatment methods. Other studies on lignocelluloses showed that they increase the pore volume of the wood which increases the available surface area for the enzyme. Changes in structure and properties of the EFB cellulose caused by sterilization were investigated by x-ray diffractometry and enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulosic biomass for fermentable sugar production (glucose). The enzymatic hydrolysis results showed that the highest hydrolysis of 53.77±1.38% (g/g biomass) conversion was obtained in EFB after 72 h incubation with glucose production, (Yp/x) of 12.55±0.33 g L-1. The increase in Crystallinity Index (CrI) of sterilized biomass increased the yield of glucose (g L-1) up to 44.55% compared to Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) as a control. Results obtained appear to be commercial significance showing the potential of sterilization process in a palm oil mill as a zero cost pre-treatment for the effective utilization of empty fruit bunch biomass for value added production from the palm oil industry.
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spelling upm-142862017-10-27T04:40:33Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14286/ Effect of palm oil mill sterilization process on the physicochemical characteristics and enzymatic hydrolysis of empty fruit bunch Simarani, Khanom Hassan, Mohd Ali Abd. Aziz, Suraini Wakisaka, Minato Shirai, Yoshihito Sterilization process of oil palm fruits by-product can be satisfactorily used as alternative degradation method in production of value-added products from Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB). It could be considered as an auto hydrolysis technique in the regular pre-treatment methods. Other studies on lignocelluloses showed that they increase the pore volume of the wood which increases the available surface area for the enzyme. Changes in structure and properties of the EFB cellulose caused by sterilization were investigated by x-ray diffractometry and enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulosic biomass for fermentable sugar production (glucose). The enzymatic hydrolysis results showed that the highest hydrolysis of 53.77±1.38% (g/g biomass) conversion was obtained in EFB after 72 h incubation with glucose production, (Yp/x) of 12.55±0.33 g L-1. The increase in Crystallinity Index (CrI) of sterilized biomass increased the yield of glucose (g L-1) up to 44.55% compared to Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) as a control. Results obtained appear to be commercial significance showing the potential of sterilization process in a palm oil mill as a zero cost pre-treatment for the effective utilization of empty fruit bunch biomass for value added production from the palm oil industry. Knowledgia Review, Malaysia 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14286/1/14286.pdf Simarani, Khanom and Hassan, Mohd Ali and Abd. Aziz, Suraini and Wakisaka, Minato and Shirai, Yoshihito (2009) Effect of palm oil mill sterilization process on the physicochemical characteristics and enzymatic hydrolysis of empty fruit bunch. Asian Journal of Biotechnology, 1 (2). pp. 57-66. ISSN 1996-0700 http://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ajbkr.2009.57.66 10.3923/ajbkr.2009.57.66
spellingShingle Simarani, Khanom
Hassan, Mohd Ali
Abd. Aziz, Suraini
Wakisaka, Minato
Shirai, Yoshihito
Effect of palm oil mill sterilization process on the physicochemical characteristics and enzymatic hydrolysis of empty fruit bunch
title Effect of palm oil mill sterilization process on the physicochemical characteristics and enzymatic hydrolysis of empty fruit bunch
title_full Effect of palm oil mill sterilization process on the physicochemical characteristics and enzymatic hydrolysis of empty fruit bunch
title_fullStr Effect of palm oil mill sterilization process on the physicochemical characteristics and enzymatic hydrolysis of empty fruit bunch
title_full_unstemmed Effect of palm oil mill sterilization process on the physicochemical characteristics and enzymatic hydrolysis of empty fruit bunch
title_short Effect of palm oil mill sterilization process on the physicochemical characteristics and enzymatic hydrolysis of empty fruit bunch
title_sort effect of palm oil mill sterilization process on the physicochemical characteristics and enzymatic hydrolysis of empty fruit bunch
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