Clarification of a wheat straw‐derived medium with ion‐exchange resins for xylitol crystallization

BACKGROUND: Xylitol bioproduction from lignocellulosic residues comprises hydrolysis of the hemicellulose, detoxification of the hydrolysate, bioconversion of the xylose, and recovery of xylitol from the fermented hydrolysate. There are relatively few reports on xylitol recovery from fermented media. In the present study, ion‐exchange resins were used to clarify a fermented wheat straw hemicellulosic hydrolysate, which was then vacuum‐concentrated and submitted to cooling in the presence of ethanol for xylitol crystallization. RESULTS: Sequential adsorption into two anion‐exchange resins (A‐860S and A‐500PS) promoted considerable reductions in the content of soluble by‐products (up to 97.5%) and in medium coloration (99.5%). Vacuum concentration led to a dark‐colored viscous solution that inhibited xylitol crystallization. This inhibition could be overcome by mixing the concentrated medium with a commercial xylitol solution. Such a strategy led to xylitol crystals with up to 95.9% purity. The crystallization yield (43.5%) was close to that observed when using commercial xylitol solution (51.4%). CONCLUSION: The experimental data demonstrate the feasibility of using ion‐exchange resins followed by cooling in the presence of ethanol as a strategy to promote the fast recovery and purification of xylitol from hemicellulose‐derived fermentation media. Copyright © 2008 Society of Chemical Industry     

Casein Hydrolysate Fractions Act as Emulsifiers in Process Cheese

ABSTRACT: Degrees of hydrolysis and emulsifying activity of casein hydrolysates were the highest at 4 h hydrolysis. The oil-off values of the mixture of hydrolysate (H) or supernatant (S) and traditional emulsifier (T) were not significantly different from the control made with traditional emulsifier, except for S + T = 3:1. Two other samples made with hydrolysate or supernatant only (H or S) showed higher oil-off value than the others (p < 0.05). In flavor property, no difference was found between samples made with traditional emulsifier and those made with the mixture of hydrolysate or supernatant at the ratio of 3 to 1. Therefore, these results indicated that a mixture of the hydrolysate or supernatant and traditional emulsifier might replace a traditional emulsifier in process cheese manufacturing.     

Fractionation of partially stereoregular poly(propylene oxide)

Partially stereoregular poly(propylene oxide) samples were synthesized via reactions catalysed by a preformed analytically defined trimethylaluminium hydrolysate. These samples were fractionated into two contrastingly different fractions.

1. (i) D-polymers: This fraction constituted the major part (up to 90%). It mainly contained cyclic low molecular weight oligomers (MW < 1000). The linear chains found in D-polymers had hydroxyl end groups. No double bonds could be detected spectroscopically.

2. (ii) K-polymers: This fraction was high molecular weight stereoregular polymer. Stepwise thermal precipitation from dilute isooctane solution of K-polymers yielded a succession of fractions which differed in melting point. It appears that the phase equilibria during the thermal precipitations were not controlled by the molecular weights of species.

玉米黄粉酶解液在黄原胶发酵生产应用的研究

以玉米黄粉酶解液为氮源应用于黄原胶发酵培养基，探讨了蛋白酶种类、玉米黄粉酶解液添加量和酶添加量等因素对其发酵黄原胶粘度和产胶率的影响，并优化了复配氮源的种类及其复配比例。结果表明，碱性蛋白酶水解液作为氮源发酵黄原胶的粘度和产胶率优于其它蛋白酶解液；当酶解液添加量为6%、碱性蛋白酶添加量为8kU时，发酵黄原胶的粘度和产胶率可以达到4235cp和24.4g/L。大豆蛋白与玉米黄粉酶解液复配效果优于与棉籽粉、豆粕粉、花生粉的复配；玉米黄粉酶解液与大豆蛋白复配比为3:7时，发酵黄原胶的粘度和产胶率可以达到5833cp和32.4g/L，与单独以大豆蛋白为氮源无明显差异。本研究为提高玉米黄粉资源利用率、降低黄原胶的发酵生产成本提供了新思路。     

A Possible Industrial Solution to Ferment Lignocellulosic Hydrolyzate to Ethanol: Continuous Cultivation with Flocculating Yeast

The cultivation of toxic lignocellulosic hydrolyzates has become a challenging research topic in recent decades. Although several cultivation methods have been proposed, numerous questions have arisen regarding their industrial applications. The current work deals with a solution to this problem which has a good potential application on an industrial scale. A toxic dilute-acid hydrolyzate was continuously cultivated using a high-cell-density flocculating yeast in a single and serial bioreactor which was equipped with a settler to recycle the cells back to the bioreactors. No prior detoxification was necessary to cultivate the hydrolyzates, as the flocks were able to detoxify it in situ. The experiments were successfully carried out at dilution rates up to 0.52 h⁻¹. The cell concentration inside the bioreactors was between 23 and 35 g-DW/L, while the concentration in the effluent of the settlers was 0.32 ± 0.05 g-DW/L. An ethanol yield of 0.42–0.46 g/g-consumed sugar was achieved, and the residual sugar concentration was less than 6% of the initial fermentable sugar (glucose, galactose and mannose) of 35.2 g/L.     

热降解明胶的研究

报道了明胶热降解反应,并考察了明胶质量分数、降解时间、降解温度、明胶溶液pH值等因素对明胶热降解反应的影响规律。结果表明:热催化是明胶降解的有效方法,较合适的降解条件为明胶质量分数10%,体系pH值7.00,降解温度121℃,降解时间2 h。     

猪血血红蛋白酶解及脱苦

采用胰酶和Protamex(的复合酶系结合响应面法研究了温度、pH值、水料比、加酶量和酶解时间对从猪血血红蛋白中提取可溶蛋白、肽及氨基酸的影响规律。数学模型优化工艺条件如下:温度为49.4℃;pH值为7.7;水料比为1.4∶1;加酶量为2.0 g/kg;酶解时间为18.6h。模型氮回收率的预测值为97.98%,实测值为96.94%。>15000 Da、15000—5000 Da、5000—1000 Da、<1000 Da的4个分子量段的酶解产物含量分别为21.1%、3.9%、20.9%、54.1%。酶解产物没有苦味,与根据Q准则计算的疏水性值结果吻合,可作为食品原料在食品生产中广泛应用。     

固定化细胞在三相流化床中发酵生产木糖醇

为了建立一种成本低、产率高、能连续高效地生产木糖醇的新工艺,研究了固定化假丝酵母(Candida sp.)细胞在三相流化床内分批发酵玉米芯半纤维素水解液生产木糖醇这一工艺过程.适宜的工艺条件为:32℃,起始木糖质量浓度100g/L,固定化细胞与发酵培养基体积比1:3.8,分段通气:0～24 h,0.5 L/min;24～80 h,0.175 L/min.利用固定化细胞重复进行6批发酵,木糖醇得率平均为63.5%.玉米芯半纤维素水解液未经脱色以及离子交换等脱毒处理便可直接有效地转化成木糖醇;三相流化床生物反应器动力消耗少、流化状态稳定均匀.该方法大大降低了原料预处理的成本,发酵结果较好.     

橙皮苷酶解液中橙皮素单糖苷的树脂分离

橙皮苷酶解液组分复杂，含糖类、橙皮素和橙皮素单糖苷（hesperetin-7-O-glucoside，HMG）等。采用了6种大孔吸附树脂和半制备液相色谱分离纯化橙皮苷酶解液中的HMG，并通过红外、紫外和XRD手段表征产物结构，同时采用羟基自由基清除试验探讨其抗氧化活性。结果表明：HPD300大孔树脂最适于酶解液中HMG的分离；HPD300大孔树脂对酶解液中主要组分的静态和动态总吸附量分别为48.35 mg/g和35.82 mg/g，主要用于分离糖类杂质；以10 BV的45%乙醇为洗脱剂，洗脱流速1.2 mL/min，洗提物中HMG纯度从80.37%提高到97.83%；洗提物经半制备液相进一步分离纯化后得到单体HMG，最终纯度可达98.21%, 经紫外、红外和XRD手段验证产物为HMG；且HMG的羟基自由基清除能力略高于橙皮素，远高于橙皮苷。