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ArticleFrontiers in chemistry2023

Challenging DESs and ILs in the valorization of food waste: a case study.

Angelica Mero, Nicholas R Moody, Elena Husanu, Andrea Mezzetta, Felicia D'Andrea, Christian Silvio Pomelli, Nathalie Bernaert, Francesca Paradisi, Lorenzo Guazzelli

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Article in Frontiers in chemistry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Angelica MeroDepartment of Pharmacy, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Nicholas R MoodyDepartment of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Elena HusanuDepartment of Pharmacy, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Andrea MezzettaDepartment of Pharmacy, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Felicia D'AndreaDepartment of Pharmacy, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Christian Silvio PomelliDepartment of Pharmacy, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Nathalie BernaertFlanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO), Technology and Food Science Unit, Melle, Belgium.
Francesca ParadisiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Lorenzo GuazzelliDepartment of Pharmacy, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
University of Pisa · ITUniversity of Nottingham · GBNational Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology · ITVlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, the efficacy of two of the best performing green solvents for the fractionation of lignocellulosic biomass, cholinium arginate (ChArg) as biobased ionic liquid (Bio-IL) and ChCl:lactic acid (ChCl:LA, 1:10) as natural deep eutectic solvent (NADES), was investigated and compared in the pretreatment of an agri-food industry waste, apple fibers (90°C for 1 h). For the sake of comparison, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate (BMIM OAc) as one of the best IL able to dissolve cellulose was also used. After the pretreatment, two fractions were obtained in each case. The results gathered through FTIR and TG analyses of the two materials and the subsequent DNS assay performed after enzymatic treatment led to identify ChArg as the best medium to delignify and remove waxes, present on the starting apple fibers, thus producing a material substantially enriched in cellulose (CRM). Conversely, ChCl:LA did not provide satisfactorily results using these mild conditions, while BMIM OAc showed intermediate performance probably on account of the reduced crystallinity of cellulose after the dissolution-regeneration process. To corroborate the obtained data, FTIR and TG analyses were also performed on the residues collected after the enzymatic hydrolysis. At the end of the pretreatment, ChArg was also quantitatively recovered without significant alterations.

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biomass valorizationcellulose saccharificationdeep eutetic solventfood wasteionic liquids

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PMID37942401
PMCPMC10628488
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