Detoxification of sago trunk hydrolysate using activated charcoal for xylitol production.

• Main Authors: Mustapa Kamal, Siti Mazlina, Abdullah, Abdul Ghani Liew, Abdullah, Norhafizah, Mohamad, Nurul Lina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23202/1/Detoxification%20of%20sago%20trunk%20hydrolysate%20using%20activated%20charcoal%20for%20xylitol%20production.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23202/

Xylitol is one of the alternative natural sweeteners; belong to a group of sugar alcohol. It can be derived from D- xylose which mainly contains in lignocellulose materials. In this study sago trunk cortex was chosen as lignocellulose source due to its availability and abundant in the sago starch pr...