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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar)
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Series: | Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132016000100512&lng=en&tlng=en |