title: Value addition to corncob: production and characterization of xylooligosaccharides from alkali pretreated lignin-saccharide complex using Aspergillus oryzae MTCC 5154.
abstract: Comparison of various pretreatments such as mild alkali/acid treatments and pressure cooking of corncob to expose its lignin-saccharide complex has been carried out to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis of xylan to xylooligosaccharides (XOS). Scanning electron micrographs of lignin-saccharide complex of native and pretreated corncob powder showed that the complex was greatly altered during alkali pretreatment. Hydrolysis of alkali pretreated corncob powder using a commercial endoxylanase produced 81+/-1.5% of XOS in the hydrolyzate equivalent to 5.8+/-0.14 mg ml(-1) of XOS. Reaction parameters for the production of XOS from corncob using endoxylanase from Aspergillus oryzae MTCC 5154 were optimized and an XOS yield of 10.2+/-0.14 mg ml(-1) corresponding to 81+/-3.9% with 73.5% xylobiose was obtained. HPLC/RID and ESI/MS analysis of XOS mixture and purified fractions showed that XOS was a mixture of neutral oligosaccharides of DP, 2-7.
authors.affiliation: Fermentation Technology and Bioengineering Department, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore 570 020, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Ayyappan Appukuttan
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Aachary
authors.forename: Siddalingaiya Gurudutt
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Prapulla
mesh_terms: D001236:Aspergillus oryzae / Q000378:metabolism*; D008031:Lignin / Q000737:chemistry*; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology*; D014990:Xylans / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D003313:Zea mays / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D009844:Oligosaccharides; D014990:Xylans; D008031:Lignin