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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (5): 23-30.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2021.05.004

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Production of Xylooligosaccharides and Monosaccharides from Poplar by Two-step Sodium Chlorite and Sodium Hydroxide Pretreatment

Xin FANG1, Peiyao WEN1, Yong XU1, Junhua ZHANG1,2,*()   

  1. 1. College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
    2. College of Forestry, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China
  • Received:2021-04-05 Online:2021-10-28 Published:2021-11-04
  • Contact: Junhua ZHANG E-mail:junhuazhang@njfu.edu.cn

Abstract:

In this work, the effects of sodium chlorite(SC) and sodium hydroxide(SH) pretreatments on the chemical composition of poplar were investigated. The preparation of xylooligosaccharides(XOS) and monosaccharides by enzymatic hydrolysis was discussed. The results showed that poplar lignin could be selectively removed by SC pretreatment. After 6% SC pretreatment at 70℃ for 3 h, the removal of lignin reached 65.8%, whereas 90.7% glucan and 92.4% xylan were retained. The data of X-ray diffraction and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicated that SC pretreatment removed the total lignin in poplar and the surface lignin on poplar, and increased the crystallinity and accessibility of the substrate. After the pretreatment with 6% SC at 70℃ and 1% SH at 50℃, the contents of glucan, xylan, and lignin in the pretreated poplar were 67.8%, 21.5%, and 2.9%, respectively. The highest XOS yield of 47.2% from the SC-SH-pretreated poplar by xylanase hydrolysis was obtained, and the XOS preparation was composed of 98% xylobiose. Compared with the poplar treated by 6% SC at 70℃ for 3 h, SH pretreatment increased the yield of XOS by 7.1 times. After the hydrolysis by xylanase, the glucose yield of two-step pretreated poplar residue was 90.2% with a cellulase lading of 30 mg/g dry matter. Finally, 52.5 g XOS, 317.6 g glucose and 49.9 g xylose were obtained from 1 kg raw poplar. The results of this work provided a theoretical guidance for the preparation of XOS and monosaccharides from poplar under mild conditions.

Key words: poplar, sodium chlorite, sodium hydroxide, xylooligosaccharides, enzymatic hydrolysis

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