Bioresour Technol 2009 Jan 13;100(2):991-5. Epub 2008 Aug 13.
Fermentation Technology and Bioengineering Department, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore 570 020, Karnataka, India.
Comparison of various pretreatments such as mild alkali/acid treatments and pressure cooking of corncob to expose its lignin-saccharide complex has been carried out to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis of xylan to xylooligosaccharides (XOS). Scanning electron micrographs of lignin-saccharide complex of native and pretreated corncob powder showed that the complex was greatly altered during alkali pretreatment. Hydrolysis of alkali pretreated corncob powder using a commercial endoxylanase produced 81+/-1. Read More