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Delignification of oil palm empty fruit bunch using chemical and microbial pretreatment methods


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Hamisan, Ahmad Fadhlan and Abd. Aziz, Suraini and Kamaruddin, Kamarulzaman and Md. Shah, Umi Kalsom and Shahab, Neelam and Hassan, Mohd Ali (2009) Delignification of oil palm empty fruit bunch using chemical and microbial pretreatment methods. International Journal of Agricultural Research, 4 (8). pp. 250-256. ISSN 1816-4897; ESSN: 2152-2553

Abstract

In this study, Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (OPEFB) were subjected to chemical and microbial pretreatment for bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars. For chemical pretreatment, 2% (w/v) sodium hydroxide (NaOH) was been used for delignification while for microbial pretreatment, Phanerochaete chrysosporium ATCC 32629 was used as model microorganism by liquid and solid state culture techniques. Microbial pretreatment showed significant lignin removal with longer delignification time as compared to chemical pretreatment. For the same value of Klason lignin, delignification by chemical pretreatment need only 3 h as compared to 7 days for microbial pretreatment. The optimum value of Klason lignin for microbial pretreatment and chemical pretreatment were 5.89 and 5.93, respectively. In conclusion, delignification of OPEFB can be achieved via chemical and microbial pretreatment.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.3923/ijar.2009.250.256
Publisher: Academic Journals
Keywords: Oil palm empty fruit bunch; Delignification; Chemical pretreatment; Microbial pretreatment; Klason lignin
Depositing User: Ms. Nida Hidayati Ghazali
Date Deposited: 24 Jul 2013 03:36
Last Modified: 15 May 2020 02:49
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