Analysis of free sugar and starch in oil palm trunks (elaeis guineensis jacq.) from various cultivars as a feedstock for bioethanol production

• Main Authors: Zubaidah Aimi Abdul Hamid, Takamitsu Arai, Mhd Ramlee Sitti Fatimah, Akihiko Kosugi, Othman Sulaiman, Rokiah Hashim, Satoru Nirasawa, Tanaka Ryokei, Bhadravati Eswara Lokesh, Kumar Sudesh, Yoshinori Murata, Masayoshi Saito, Yutaka Mori
• Format: Non-Indexed Article
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/8131/; http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15435075.2014.910786

In this study, oil palm trunks from various plantations in Malaysia were analyzed for their starch content and sugar concentrations in the sap from the trunks as function of storage time as a feedstock for green energy. Glycoside hydrolases of the samples were also measured during storage. Consideri...