Value addition of corn husks through enzymatic production of xylooligosaccharides

ABSTRACT Corn husks are the major wastes of corn industries with meagre economic significance. The present study was planned for value addition of corn husk through extraction of xylan, followed by its enzymatic hydrolysis into xylooligosaccharides, a pentose based prebiotic. Compositional analysis...

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Main Authors: Ashis Kumar Samanta, A.P. Kolte, A.V. Elangovan, A. Dhali, S. Senani, M. Sridhar, K.P. Suresh, N. Jayapal, C. Jayaram, Sohini Roy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar)
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Subjects:
XOS
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132016000100512&lng=en&tlng=en