Non-cellulosic heteropolysaccharides from sugarcane bagasse - sequential extraction with pressurized hot water and
Protibha Nath Banerjee1, Andrey Pranovich2, Daniel Dax2
1Department of Chemistry, Shroff SR Rotary Institute of Chemical Technology, Bharuch, India; Laboratory of Wood and Paper Chemistry, Åbo Akademi University, Porthansgatan 3, FI-20500 Turku/Åbo, Finland.
Abstract:
The xylan-rich hemicellulose components of sugarcane bagasse were sequentially extracted with pressurized hot-water extraction (PHWE) and alkaline peroxide. The hemicelluloses were found to contain mainly arabinoxylans with varying substitutions confirmed by different chemical and spectroscopic methods. The arabinoxylans obtained from PHWE were found to be more branched compared to those obtained after alkaline extraction. Sequential extraction could be useful for the isolation of hemicelluloses with different degree of branching, molar mass, and functional groups from sugarcane bagasse, which can be of high potential use for various industrial applications.
