Integrating Benzenesulfonic Acid Pretreatment and Bio-Based Lignin-Shielding Agent for Robust Enzymatic Conversion of Cellulose in Bamboo
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Pretreatments
2.3. Solid Substrates Composition and Pretreatment Liquor Analysis
2.4. Lignin Separation from BA-W Pretreatment Hydrolysate
2.5. Enzymatic Hydrolysis
2.6. Characterization of Raw Material and Solid Substrates
2.7. DLS Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Effects of Different Pretreatments on the components Removal and Cellulose Enzymatic Conversion
3.2. Preliminary Optimization of BA-W Pretreatment
3.3. Components Removal and Enzymatic Conversion of Substrates Pretreated at Optimized Conditions
3.4. Characterizations of the Substrates Pretreated at Optimized Conditions
3.5. Improving the Enzymatic Conversion of Cellulose in Pretreated Substrates by Inexpensive Soy Protein
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Luo, X.; Gong, Z.; Shi, J.; Chen, L.; Zhu, W.; Zhou, Y.; Huang, L.; Liu, J. Integrating Benzenesulfonic Acid Pretreatment and Bio-Based Lignin-Shielding Agent for Robust Enzymatic Conversion of Cellulose in Bamboo. Polymers 2020, 12, 191. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12010191
Luo X, Gong Z, Shi J, Chen L, Zhu W, Zhou Y, Huang L, Liu J. Integrating Benzenesulfonic Acid Pretreatment and Bio-Based Lignin-Shielding Agent for Robust Enzymatic Conversion of Cellulose in Bamboo. Polymers. 2020; 12(1):191. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12010191
Chicago/Turabian StyleLuo, Xiaolin, Zhenggang Gong, Jinghao Shi, Lihui Chen, Wenyuan Zhu, Yonghui Zhou, Liulian Huang, and Jing Liu. 2020. "Integrating Benzenesulfonic Acid Pretreatment and Bio-Based Lignin-Shielding Agent for Robust Enzymatic Conversion of Cellulose in Bamboo" Polymers 12, no. 1: 191. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12010191