Lignin extraction distinctively enhances biomass enzymatic saccharification in hemicelluloses-rich Miscanthus species under various alkali and acid pretreatments

•One-step pretreatment with 4% NaOH has the highest hexoses yields in Miscanthus.•2% NaOH followed by 1% H2SO4 is optimal for high biomass saccharification.•Hemicelluloses-rich Miscanthus samples show largely enhanced biomass digestibility.•Lignin extraction predominately determines hexoses yields u...

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Published in:Bioresource technology 2015-05, Vol.183, p.248-254
Main Authors: Si, Shengli, Chen, Yan, Fan, Chunfen, Hu, Huizhen, Li, Ying, Huang, Jiangfeng, Liao, Haofeng, Hao, Bo, Li, Qing, Peng, Liangcai, Tu, Yuanyuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alkali/acid pretreatments
Alterations
Biomass
Biomass saccharification
Biotechnology - methods
Carbohydrate Metabolism - drug effects
Cell Wall - chemistry
Cell Wall - drug effects
Cellulose - analysis
Crops
Crystallinity
Extraction
Hemicelluloses
Hexoses - analysis
Lignin
Lignin - isolation & purification
Miscanthus
Optimization
Poaceae - drug effects
Poaceae - metabolism
Polysaccharides - metabolism
Pretreatment
Saccharification
Sodium Hydroxide - pharmacology
Sulfuric Acids - pharmacology
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Summary:•One-step pretreatment with 4% NaOH has the highest hexoses yields in Miscanthus.•2% NaOH followed by 1% H2SO4 is optimal for high biomass saccharification.•Hemicelluloses-rich Miscanthus samples show largely enhanced biomass digestibility.•Lignin extraction predominately determines hexoses yields upon various pretreatments.•Suggest the potential applications in energy crop breeding and biomass process. In this study, one- and two-step pretreatments with alkali and acid were performed in the three Miscanthus species that exhibit distinct hemicelluloses levels. As a result, one-step with 4% NaOH or two-step with 2% NaOH and 1% H2SO4 was examined to be optimal for high biomass saccharification, indicating that alkali was the main effecter of pretreatments. Notably, both one- and two-step pretreatments largely enhanced biomass digestibility distinctive in hemicelluloses-rich samples by effectively co-extracting hemicelluloses and lignin. However, correlation analysis further indicated that the effective lignin extraction, other than the hemicelluloses removals, predominately determined biomass saccharification under various alkali and acid pretreatments, leading to a significant alteration of cellulose crystallinity. Hence, this study has suggested the potential approaches in bioenergy crop breeding and biomass process technology.
ISSN:0960-8524
1873-2976
DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2015.02.031