Tan, Yi Jun and Muhamad, Ida Idayu and Shaharuddin, Shahrulzaman (2013) Alternative source of beta-glucan from oil palm (elaeis guineensis) trunk fiber. Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences and Engineering), 64 (2). pp. 63-68. ISSN 0127-9696
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Official URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.11113/jt.v64.2046
Abstract
This study was conducted to develop the method of extracting beta-glucan from the fiber of Elaeis guineensis or oil palm trunk (OPT) and to evaluate its potential. From the previous studies, beta-glucan usually extracted from barley, oats and also bacteria. In this research, wet separation method which is also known as aqueous alcohol method was used to extract beta-glucan from the oil palm trunk fiber. This indirect method of producing beta-glucan was found optimized at conditions of 50% of ethanol as solvent, 4 hours pretreatment duration and temperature of 70°C. Finally beta-glucan was analyzed by enzymatic method and the percentage of beta-glucan extracted in this study was 34.17 percent
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | oil palm trunk, beta-glucan, ethanol concentration, pre-treatment duration, enzymatic reaction temperature |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Divisions: | Chemical Engineering |
| ID Code: | 50122 |
| Deposited By: | Siti Nor Hashidah Zakaria |
| Deposited On: | 02 Dec 2015 02:08 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2018 04:12 |
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