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Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass with Low-cost Ionic Liquids
Published on: August 10, 2016
Extraction and isolation of shikimic acid from Ginkgo biloba leaves utilizing an ionic liquid that dissolves
Toyonobu Usuki1, Nanae Yasuda, Masahiro Yoshizawa-Fujita
1Department of Materials and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan. t-usuki@sophia.ac.jp
Abstract:
Shikimic acid, the starting material in the commercial synthesis of oseltamivir phosphate (Tamiflu®), was efficiently extracted and isolated from Ginkgo biloba leaves utilizing the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([bmim]Cl), which dissolves cellulose.
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