Cellulose solvent-based pretreatment for enhanced second-generation biofuel production: a review

B Satari, K Karimi, R Kumar - Sustainable energy & fuels, 2019‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose, in addition to hemicellulose and lignin, makes the major fraction of lignocellulosic
biomass–the only sustainable feedstock to meet the long-term sustainable energy need of …

Can fungi compete with marine sources for chitosan production?

V Ghormade, EK Pathan, MV Deshpande - International journal of …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Chitosan, a β-1, 4-linked glucosamine polymer is formed by deacetylation of chitin.
It has a wide range of applications from agriculture to human health care products. Chitosan …

Chitosan production by fungi: current state of knowledge, future opportunities and constraints

S Crognale, C Russo, M Petruccioli, A D'annibale - Fermentation, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Conventionally, the commercial supply of chitin and chitosan relies on shellfish wastes as
the extraction sources. However, the fungal sources constitute a valuable option, especially …

Mucoromycota fungi as powerful cell factories for modern biorefinery

S Dzurendova, CB Losada, BX Dupuy-Galet… - Applied microbiology …, 2022‏ - Springer
Biorefinery employing fungi can be a strategy for valorizing low-cost rest materials, by-
products and wastes into several valuable bioproducts through the fungal fermentation …

Improvement of ethanol and biogas production from sugarcane bagasse using sodium alkaline pretreatments

MJ Nosratpour, K Karimi, M Sadeghi - Journal of environmental …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Sugarcane bagasse was pretreated with sodium carbonate, sodium sulfite, and sodium
acetate in concentrations of 0.5 M and 0.25 M, as well as hydrothermal pretreatment, to …

Pretreatment methods of lignocellulosic wastes into value-added products: recent advances and possibilities

D Batista Meneses, G Montes de Oca-Vásquez… - Biomass Conversion …, 2022‏ - Springer
A number of industries currently produce many tons of agroindustrial wastes with significant
consequences on the environment and human and animal health. In recent years …

Biorefining of corn stover for efficient production of bioethanol, biodiesel, biomethane, and value-added byproducts

RS Alavijeh, A Shahvandi, OV Okoro… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The present study investigated an integrated biorefinery that employed corn stover as the
feedstock for sustainable bioethanol, biodiesel, biogas, chitosan, glycerol, and animal feed …

Chitosan is an effective inhibitor against potato dry rot caused by Fusarium oxysporum

J Ren, J Tong, P Li, X Huang, P Dong, M Ren - Physiological and Molecular …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Fusarium dry rot was one of the most serious diseases of potato during storage. Biological
control based on the use of natural bioactive compounds to suppress tuber diseases offer an …

An integrated and optimized process for cleaner production of ethanol and biodiesel from corn stover by Mucor indicus

RS Alavijeh, K Karimi, C van den Berg - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020‏ - Elsevier
A two-stage process was successfully developed for biodiesel and ethanol production from
corn stover using zygomycetes fungus Mucor indicus. Dilute-acid pretreatment followed by …

Extraction, isolation, and purification of value-added chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass

T Chaturvedi, LSS Hulkko, M Fredsgaard… - Processes, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
This review covers the operating conditions for extracting top value-added chemicals, such
as levulinic acid, lactic acid, succinic acid, vanillic acid, 3-hydroxypropionic acid, xylitol, 2, 5 …