title: Bioethanol production from Ficus religiosa leaves using microwave irradiation.
abstract: A microwave assisted feasible process for the production of bioethanol from Ficus religiosa leaves was developed. Under the process conditions (8 min. microwave irradiation, 1 M HCl), 10.1 wt% glucose yield was obtained from the leaves. Microwave based hydrolysis process yielded higher glucose content (10.1 wt%) compared to the conventional hydrothermal process (4.1 wt%). Upon fermentation of the hydrolysate using Baker's yeast, 3 wt% (dry wt. basis) of bioethanol was produced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel.
authors.forename: Miri
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel.
authors.forename: Ofir
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Griess
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel.
authors.forename: Indra Neel
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Pulidindi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Perkas
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 52900, Israel; Department of Materials Science & Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan. Electronic address: gedanken@mail.biu.ac.il.
authors.forename: Aharon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gedanken
mesh_terms: D056804:Biofuels; D018533:Biomass; D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry*; D005285:Fermentation; D030681:Ficus / Q000737:chemistry*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008872:Microwaves; D018515:Plant Leaves; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D056804:Biofuels; D000431:Ethanol; D005947:Glucose
keywords: Bioethanol; Biomass; Fermentation; Ficus religiosa; Holocellulose; Microwave