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The ammoniation of sugar cane bagasse
Author(s) -
Chang C. D.,
Konko O. K.,
Herstein K. M.
Publication year - 1961
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740121007
Subject(s) - bagasse , hemicellulose , lignin , cellulose , chemistry , pulp and paper industry , cane , sugar cane , nitrogen , sugar , chromatography , organic chemistry , agronomy , biology , engineering
By a two‐step procedure consisting first of digestion with hot water and then ammoniation at elevated temperature it is possible to introduce nearly 4% of bound nitrogen into whole bagasse. the hemicellulose constituent of bagasse is labile to ammoniation while the α ‐cellulose and lignin are not attacked. the nitrogenous substances can be quantitatively extracted with water. They consist of 70–80% caustic‐stable nitrogen which is found, by paper chromatography, to include imidazoles.