Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36686938›Full record

ArticleRSC advances2023

Enzymatic hydrolysis of low temperature alkali pretreated wheat straw using immobilized β-xylanase nanoparticles.

Attia Hamid, Asma Zafar, Sabahat Latif, Liangcai Peng, Yanting Wang, Iram Liaqat, Muhammad Sohail Afzal, Ikram Ul-Haq, Muhammad Nauman Aftab

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in RSC advances, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Biomass valorization using 3D-printed catalysts.Communications chemistry · 2025
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Attia HamidInstitute of Industrial Biotechnology, Govt. College University Lahore 54000 Pakistan dr.naumanaftab@gcu.edu.pk +924299213341 +923444704190.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8296-4791
Asma ZafarFaculty of Science and Technology, University of Central Punjab Lahore Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8748-683X
Sabahat LatifIslamabad Model College for Girls Islamabad Pakistan.
Liangcai PengBiomass and Bioenergy Research Center, Huazhong Agriculture University Wuhan China.
Yanting WangBiomass and Bioenergy Research Center, Huazhong Agriculture University Wuhan China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0881-7712
Iram LiaqatMicrobiology Lab, Department of Zoology, Government College University Lahore Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4638-8253
Muhammad Sohail AfzalDepartment of Life Sciences, School of Science, University of Management and Technology (UMT) Lahore Pakistan.
Ikram Ul-HaqInstitute of Industrial Biotechnology, Govt. College University Lahore 54000 Pakistan dr.naumanaftab@gcu.edu.pk +924299213341 +923444704190.
Muhammad Nauman AftabInstitute of Industrial Biotechnology, Govt. College University Lahore 54000 Pakistan dr.naumanaftab@gcu.edu.pk +924299213341 +923444704190.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6224-8496
Government College University, Lahore · PKHuazhong Agricultural University · CNUniversity College of Islamabad · PKUniversity of Central Punjab · PKUniversity of Management and Technology · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A low temperature alkali (LTA) pretreatment method was used to treat wheat straw. In order to obtain good results, different factors like temperature, incubation time, NaOH concentration and solid to liquid ratio for the pretreatment process were optimized. Wheat straw is a potential biomass for the production of monomeric sugars. The objective of the current study was to observe the saccharification (%) of wheat straw with immobilized magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs). For this purpose, immobilized MNPs of purified β-xylanase enzyme was used for hydrolysis of pretreated wheat straw. Wheat straw was pretreated using the LTA method and analyzed by SEM analysis. After completion of the saccharification process, saccharification% was calculated by using a DNS method. Scanning electron micrographs revealed that the hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin were partially removed and changes in the cell wall structure of the wheat straw had caused it to become deformed, increasing the specific surface area, so more fibers of the wheat straw were exposed to the immobilized β-xylanase enzyme after alkali pretreatment. The maximum saccharification potential of wheat straw was about 20.61% obtained after pretreatment with optimized conditions of 6% NaOH, 1/10 S/L, 30 °C and 72 hours. Our results indicate the reusability of the β-xylanase enzyme immobilized magnetic nanoparticles and showed a 15% residual activity after the 11th cycle. HPLC analysis of the enzyme-hydrolyzed filtrate also revealed the presence of sugars like xylose, arabinose, xylobiose, xylotriose and xylotetrose. The time duration of the pretreatment has an important effect on thermal energy consumption for the low-temperature alkali method.

Identifiers

PMID36686938
PMCPMC9814908
OpenAlexW4313558565

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.