Open AccessBUTYRIC ACID BY FERMENTATION
Author(s) -
Rafael Arroyo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v20i2.14348
Subject(s) - butyric acid , fermentation , yield (engineering) , production (economics) , product (mathematics) , pulp and paper industry , work (physics) , process (computing) , chemistry , food science , biochemical engineering , biochemistry , process engineering , computer science , mathematics , engineering , materials science , economics , mechanical engineering , geometry , metallurgy , macroeconomics , operating system
1. The ultimate aim of this research was to find an inexpensive biochemical method for the production of Normal Butyric Acid from Blackstrap. 2. A native organism was found and isolated in pure culture which proved admirably adapted to this purpose. 3. Difficulties experienced by previous investigators were obviated in the course of the above described work. 4. The process is simple, inexpensive, and merits further efforts towards its industrial application and commercial exploitation. 5. The main end product of fermentation (Normal Butyric Acid) is obtained in nearly theoretical yield, and of a splendid degree of purity: 99 percent or better. 6. It is the writer's intention to apply for patent rights protection for his discovery and process.