Renewable Sugars From Oil Palm Frond Juice as an Alternative Novel Fermentation Feedstock for Value-Added Products

Mior Ahmad Khushairi, Mohd Zahari and Jailani, Salihon (2012) Renewable Sugars From Oil Palm Frond Juice as an Alternative Novel Fermentation Feedstock for Value-Added Products. Bioresource Technology, 110 (April ). pp. 566-571. ISSN 0960-8524. (Published)

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Abstract

In this paper, we report that pressed juice from oil palm frond (OPF) contained renewable sugars such as glucose, sucrose and fructose. By using a simple sugarcane press, 50% (wt/wt) of OPF juice was obtained from fresh OPF. The glucose content in the juice was 53.95 ± 2.86 g/l, which accounts for 70% of the total free sugars. We have examined the effect of various OPF juice concentrations on the production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), P(3HB) by Cupriavidus necator CCUG 52238T. The cell dry mass in shake flask experiment reached 8.42 g/l, with 32 wt.% of P(3HB) at 30% (v/v) of OPF juice, comparable with using technical grade sugars. The biopolymer had a molecular mass, Mw of 812 kDa, with a low polydispersity index of 1.61. This result indicates that OPF juice can be used as an alternative renewable carbon source for P(3HB) production and has potential as a renewable carbon source.

Item Type:	Article
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Uncontrolled Keywords:	Oil palm frond juice; Cupriavidus necator CCUG 52238T; Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate); Oil palm biomass
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Faculty/Division:	Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering
Depositing User:	Noorul Farina Arifin
Date Deposited:	05 Jun 2013 04:54
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2018 06:45
URI:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3739
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