02773nas a2200301   4500008004100000022001400041245006400055210006400119260009900183300000900282490000700291520177900298653002802077653001402105653002302119653002502142653002902167653002202196653001302218100002202231700001802253700001502271700001402286700003002300700002002330700002302350856009802373       2005                        eng d  a0144-861700aEnzymatic hydrolysis of delignified bagasse polysaccharides0 aEnzymatic hydrolysis of delignified bagasse polysaccharides  aTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, OXON, ENGLANDbELSEVIER SCI LTDcOCT  a6-100 v623 a<p>Sugarcane bagasse, consisting of cellulose, xylan, and lignin, was chemically treated to generate bagasse samples with continuously decreasing content of lignin. These bagasse samples were hydrolyzed by cellulase and xylanase enzymes, produced earlier by Penicillium janthinellum NCIM 1171 in the same bagasse polysaccharides production medium. The hydrolysis was carried out by using different concentrations of the enzymes at two different temperatures, 30 and 50 degrees C, taking hydrolysis of Avicel as control. It was found that while the maximum hydrolysis for Avicel was 70% that of some of the bagasse polysaccharides was as high as 95%. The products of hydrolysis were glucose, xylose, and arabinose, as confirmed by high pressure ion chromatography (HPIC). It is interesting to note that arabinose, which constitutes about 10% of the weight of bagasse xylan, could also be released easily by the enzymes. Also, the initial rates of hydrolysis was found to be much higher for the bagasse polysaccharides, and in some cases about 90% of the hydrolysis occurred within 20 h. Amongst all bagasse samples, the sample with (Kappa no. 1.2, lignin content 0.18%) gave the highest degree of hydrolysis at 50 degrees C. Even the bagasse polysaccharide with Kappa no. 16.8 (lignin content 2.5%) underwent greater extent of hydrolysis than Avicel. Apparently, the delignified bagasse medium appears to be a facile medium for the combined hydrolytic action of the cellulase and xylanase enzymes. Considering that sugarcane bagasse is a waste biomass material available in abundance annually, this methodology can be used to value-add to this biomass to produce sugars, which can be fermented to produce biofuels like ethanol. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>10abagasse polysaccharides10aCellulase10achemical treatment10aEnzymatic hydrolysis10aPenicillium janthinellum10aSugarcane bagasse10aXylanase1 aAdsul, Mukund, G.1 aGhule, J., E.1 aShaikh, H.1 aSingh, R.1 aBastawade, Kulbhushan, B.1 aGokhale, D., V.1 aVarma, Anjanikumar  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/enzymatic-hydrolysis-delignified-bagasse-polysaccharides-002003nas a2200241   4500008004100000022001400041245007700055210006900132260006800201300001400269490000800283520114800291653001801439653002301457653003101480653002501511653002001536100002701556700002301583700002201606700002201628856011101650       2006                        eng d  a0021-899500aSurface modification of polyacrylonitrile based ultrafiltration membrane0 aSurface modification of polyacrylonitrile based ultrafiltration   a111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USAbJOHN WILEY & SONS INCcSEP  a4378-43850 v1013 a<p>Ultrafiltration membrane based on polyacrylonitrile prepared by phase inversion method using zinc chloride as an additive showed more than 90% rejection for BSA and 90-110 Im(-2) h(-1) water flux. The surface modification of this membrane was studied using ethanolamine, triethylamine, sodium hydroxide, and potassium hydroxide solutions. The effect of base treatment time and temperature on water flux and rejection was investigated. The membranes exhibited swelling by NaOH treatment followed by deswelling by HCl post-treatment, similar to pH responsive membranes. The treatment by organic as well as inorganic bases improved water flux with a slight lowering in BSA rejection by dead-end mode type treatment. A 230% increase in water flux was achieved by sodium hydroxide treatment in crossflow mode without a noticeable pore swelling by SEM. The contact angle of the modified membranes was decreased as compared to the unmodified one indicating appreciable surface modification. As the treatment time or temperature increased, the ESCA analysis showed increased population of Na-carboxylate groups. (c) 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.</p>10aBSA rejection10achemical treatment10apolyacrylonitrile membrane10asurface modification10aUltrafiltration1 aLohokare, Harshada, R.1 aKumbharkar, S., C.1 aBhole, Yogesh, S.1 aKharul, Ulhas, K.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/surface-modification-polyacrylonitrile-based-ultrafiltration-membrane-0