Pretreatment and Saccharification of Steam Exploded Waste of A Pharma Industry

Authors

  • MAMTA KUMARI Deptt. of biotechnology and bioinformatics, Jaypee university of information technology
  • SUDHIR KUMAR Deptt. of biotechnology and bioinformatics, Jaypee university of information technology
  • K. RAVIKANTH Ayurvet Limited, Baddi, Solan (H.P.)
  • RAJINDER SINGH CHAUHAN Deptt. of biotechnology and bioinformatics, Jaypee university of information technology

Keywords:

Saccharification, Pretreatment, Herbal waste

Abstract

Herbal waste of processed medicinal plants of a local pharmaceutical industry was pretreated by steam explosion (1600C for 0.5 – 2.0 h), and the process was accelerated by the use of Conc. H2SO4 (0.5 – 2.0%, 1600C for 0.5 – 2.0 h), NaOH (0.5 – 2.0%, 1600C for 0.5 – 2.0 h). Significant increase in the content of reducing sugars was found after acid/alkali pretreatment of steam exploded herbal biomass. Maximum Reducing sugars obtained was 145.9 mg/g of herbal waste with 1.5% of H2SO4 at 1600C for 1.5 h. Bulk of herbal waste disposed off by pharma industry can act as secondary substrate as a source of fermentable sugars. 

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Published

30.06.2010

How to Cite

MAMTA KUMARI, SUDHIR KUMAR, K. RAVIKANTH, & RAJINDER SINGH CHAUHAN. (2010). Pretreatment and Saccharification of Steam Exploded Waste of A Pharma Industry. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 1(2), 1–7. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/431

Issue

Volume 1, Issue 2, 2010

Section

Research Articles