title: The effect of non-structural components and lignin on hemicellulose extraction.
abstract: As the important structural component of corn stover, hemicellulose could be converted into a variety of high value-added products. However, high quality hemicellulose extraction is not an easy issue. The present study aims to investigate the effects of non-structural components (NSCs) and lignin removal on alkaline extraction of hemicellulose. Although NSCs were found to have a minimal effect on hemicellulose dissolution, they affected the color values of the hemicellulose extracts. The lignin limited the hemicellulose dissolution and increased the color value by binding to hemicellulose molecules and forming lignin-carbohydrate complexes. Sodium chlorite method can remove about 90% lignin from corn stover, especially the lignin connected to hemicellulose through p-coumaric and ferulic acids. Which increased the hemicellulose dissolution ratio to 93% and reduced the color value 14-28%, but the cost is about 20% carbohydrates lost.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
authors.forename: Kai-Xuan
authors.initials: KX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
authors.forename: Hong-Qiang
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Collage of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Guo
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China. Electronic address: super_xujian@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000737:chemistry; D002712:Chlorides / Q000737:chemistry; D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry; D008031:Lignin / Q000737:chemistry*; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature; D003313:Zea mays / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D002712:Chlorides; D011134:Polysaccharides; D000431:Ethanol; C007916:hemicellulose; D002482:Cellulose; D008031:Lignin; C001599:chlorite
keywords: Alkaline extraction; Corn stover; Hemicellulose; Lignin; Non-structural components