A comparative study of effects of microwave-assisted deep eutectic solvents pretreatment of rice straw on cellulose enrichment and enzymatic digestibility.

Longinus Ifeanyi Igbojionu, Yujie Mao, Eleanor Binner, Alfred Fernandez-Castane

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Article in Cellulose (London, England), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Deep Eutectic Solvent-Assisted Synergistic Technologies for the Extraction of Natural Bioactive Compounds: Enhancement Mechanisms, Application Advances, and Challenges.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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Green Extraction of Microcrystalline Cellulose from Rice Straw and Determination of Its Reinforcing Capacity in PHBV Films.Polymers · 2026
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Longinus Ifeanyi IgbojionuEnergy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI), Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET UK.

Yujie MaoEnergy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI), Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET UK.

Eleanor BinnerDepartment of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD UK.

Alfred Fernandez-CastaneEnergy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI), Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET UK.

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Abstract

Lignocellulosic biomass (LCB), such as agricultural residue rich in cellulose and hemicellulose, can serve as a feedstock for bioethanol production due to its environmental benefits. Deep eutectic solvents (DES) are low-cost and greener solvents for LCB pretreatment. The present study investigated the efficiency of two DES types for rice straw pretreatment under microwave conditions: choline chloride:glycerol (ChCl:Gly) and choline chloride:formic acid (ChCl:FA). DES pretreatment was performed under microwave conditions (100-140 °C and 5-15 min) at 10% solids loading and constant power 200W. After pretreatment, the samples were characterized, and enzymatic digestibility was investigated at 50 °C for 72 h using enzyme loading of 6 filter paper unit g

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Cellulose enrichmentDeep eutectic solventsEnzymatic digestibilityMicrowave-assisted pretreatmentRice straw

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PMID41357952

DOI10.1007/s10570-025-06834-y

PMCPMC12675638

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