Wheat straw: A natural remedy against different maladies

• Published in: Food science & nutrition 2021-04, Vol.9 (4), p.2335-2344
• Main Authors: Tufail, Tabussam, Saeed, Farhan, Afzaal, Muhammad, Ain, Huma Bader Ul, Gilani, Syed Amir, Hussain, Muzzamal, Anjum, Faqir M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Agricultural economics; Agricultural wastes; Alternative energy sources; Antiinfectives and antibacterials; Antioxidants; Bacteria; bioethanol; Biofuels; Biogas; Biohydrogen; Biomass; Biorefineries; Cell culture; Cellulose; Enzymes; Ethanol; Feeds; Fermentation; Fermented food; Food industry; Glucose; Hemicellulose; Industrial wastes; Inflammation; Lignin; Lignocellulose; lignocellulosic mass; Manufacturing; Metabolites; Microorganisms; Natural resources; Oilseeds; Renewable energy; Review; Soil fertility; Straw; Substrates; Sugarcane; Wheat; Wheat straw
• ISSN: 2048-7177; 2048-7177
• DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.2030

In millennia, much attention has been paid toward agro‐industrial waste which consists of lignin and cellulosic biomass. In this perspective, biomass waste which consists of lignocellulosic mass is an inexpensive, renewable, abundant that provides a unique natural resource for large‐scale and cost‐effective bioenergy collection. In this current scenario, efforts are directed to briefly review the agro‐industrial lignocellulosic biomass as a broad spectrum of numerous functional ingredients, its utilization, and respective health benefits with special to wheat straw. Wheat straw is lignocellulosic mass owing to the presence of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. Its microbial culture is the most important and well adjusted, for a variety of applications in the fermentation substrate, feed, food, medicine, industry, and agriculture in order to increase soil fertility. In industrial fermentation, wheat straw can be used as substrates for the production of a wide range of hydrolytic enzymes, drugs, metabolites, and other biofuels as a low‐cost substrate or a natural source. Conclusively, wheat straw is the best source to produce bioethanol, biogas, and biohydrogen in biorefineries because it is a renewable, widely distributed, and easily available with very low cost, and its consumption is protected and environment friendly. Wheat straw is a moiety which has health benefits including anti‐inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti‐artherogenic, anti‐allergenic, antioxidant, antithrombotic, etc. Wheat straw is the best source to produce bioethanol, biogas, and biohydrogen in biorefineries because it is a renewable, widely distributed and easily available with very low cost, and its consumption is protected and environment friendly. Wheat straw is a moiety which has health benefits including anti‐inflammatory, anti‐microbial, anti‐artherogenic, anti‐allergenic, antioxidant, antithrombotic, etc.