Open AccessProduction of Phenolics from Corn Cobs by Coupling Enzymic Treatment and Solid State Fermentation
Author(s) -
Topakas E.,
Kalogeris E.,
Kekos D.,
Macris B.J.,
Christakopoulos P.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
engineering in life sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1618-2863
pISSN - 1618-0240
DOI - 10.1002/elsc.200420025
Subject(s) - solid state fermentation , cellulosic ethanol , corn steep liquor , waste management , fermentation , pulp and paper industry , production (economics) , municipal solid waste , cellulose , environmental science , chemistry , food science , engineering , economics , organic chemistry , macroeconomics
Corn cobs are important by‐products of the sweet corn processing industry. A large quantity of corn cobs thus generated remains unused as cellulosic wastes in fields and factories or used as animal feed. As in the field of other agro‐industrial plant cell‐wall waste materials, academic and industrial researchers are putting more and more effort into obtaining high‐value compounds from this waste, which can be converted into novel consumer goods by the industries involved.