Chemical-free extraction and identification of sugar components from oil palm biomass through a hydrothermal process

• Main Authors: Ramachandran, Vasagi, Jusoh, Noor Shartika, Megat Mohd. Noor, Megat Johari, Md. Akhir, Fazrena Nadia, Othman, Nor’azizi, Zakaria, Zuriati, Hirofumi, Hara
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media B.V. 2020
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90107/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12649-020-01297-7

Purpose: The aims of this research were to extract sugar-based products from oil palm biomass, oil palm fronds (OPFs) and oil palm fruit pressed fibers (FPFs) via a hydrothermal process using accelerated solvent extraction and to identify the sugar content of the aqueous phase at different temperatu...