02381nas a2200289   4500008004100000022001400041245008400055210006900139260000900208300001100217490000800228520148700236653001201723653001701735653002701752653002501779653001201804100001801816700002301834700002801857700002101885700001701906700001801923700001901941700002201960856010901982       2022                        eng d  a0926-669000aCrystalline xylitol production from corncob biomass with oral toxicity analysis0 aCrystalline xylitol production from corncob biomass with oral to  cNOV   a1154070 v1873 a<p>
	Xylitol, a five-carbon sugar alcohol, has a steady global market and finds application as a natural sugar substitute in various food and confectionery products. Biocatalytic xylitol production, although touted as a greener alternative to conventional chemical catalysis, suffers from certain challenges, the primary being high cost of production. This study demonstrates a process for food-grade xylitol production from corncob biomass with energy reduction through two major process modifications. A non-conventional fermentation strategy was adopted whereby adjusting aeration without agitation, xylitol with high yield (0.86 +/- 0.015 g/g), and productivity (0.74 gL(-1)h(-1)) could be produced by a GRAS Pichia caribbica MTCC 5703 strain. Xylitol was recovered from the broth in the form of crystals using a combination of membrane-based filtration and crystallization. The crystals demonstrated similar to 98 % purity when quantified with H-1 NMR. Oral toxicity analysis of the crystals demonstrated no adverse effect in female Winstar rats (at a loading of 2000 mg/kg body weight of animals). Overall process statistics showed that 0.584 kg of food-grade xylitol crystals could be produced from 3.5 kg of corncob biomass. The two-process modifications during fermentation and xylitol recovery enabled an energy saving of similar to 20.842 kW/kg of crystals, providing tremendous advantages for biorefinery-based large-scale xylitol production from corncob biomass.</p>
10aBiomass10aFermentation10aOral toxicity analysis10aWastewater treatment10axylitol1 aAhuja, Vishal1 aDasgupta, Diptarka1 aKshirsagar, Siddheshwar1 aGhosh, Prasenjit1 aMore, Snehal1 aGupta, Piyush1 aBehera, Babita1 aBhaskar, Thallada  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/crystalline-xylitol-production-corncob-biomass-oral-toxicity-analysis01602nas a2200277   4500008004100000022001400041245011400055210006900169260000800238300001100246490000700257520070400264653002300968653001900991653001701010653001701027653001201044100001801056700002801074700002101102700001801123700001601141700001701157700002301174856012701197       2022                        eng d  a2213-292900aProcess development for detoxification of corncob hydrolysate using activated charcoal for xylitol production0 aProcess development for detoxification of corncob hydrolysate us  cFEB  a1070970 v103 aThe work describes process development for detoxification of corncob hydrolysate using activated carbon for microbial xylitol production. Activated carbon was used as an adsorbent to completely remove the major fermentation inhibitors obtained during dilute acid and steam explosion of biomass. A xylitol yield of 0.78 g/g was achieved from the detoxified hydrolysate in a 5 L fermenter by Pichia caribbica. The spent carbon was effectively regenerated and used for three consecutive cycles of operation. The successive regeneration and reuse of carbon could reduce the operational cost by similar to 38% and be used as a reference dataset for process scale-up and cost-effective xylitol production.10aActivated charcoal10aDetoxification10aFermentation10aRegeneration10axylitol1 aAhuja, Vishal1 aKshirsagar, Siddheshwar1 aGhosh, Prasenjit1 aSarkar, Bipul1 aSutar, Ajit1 aMore, Snehal1 aDasgupta, Diptarka  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/process-development-detoxification-corncob-hydrolysate-using-activated-charcoal-xylitol