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2023
Acid-assisted extraction and hydrolysis of inulin from chicory roots to obtain fructose-enriched extracts
Acid-assisted extraction and hydrolysis of inulin from chicory roots to obtain fructose-enriched extracts
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Chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) roots are an agricultural residue and a low cost feedstock for the production of the platform chemical 5-Hxdroxymethylfurfural (HMF). In a first step, inulin and fructose have to be extracted from the roots. The resulting aqueous extract represents the starting material for the HMF production. In the reaction to HMF, inulin has to be hydrolyzed first to fructose. For this reason, two methods to increase the fructose content in these extracts before the reaction were investigated. This was conducted within the framework of integrating acid hydrolysis into a biorefinery process for HMF production. The first method (one-step process) was acid-assisted extraction to directly hydrolyze inulin in the course of the extraction process. Chicory roots were extracted at 60 and 80 °C at pH 2 and 4 using buffer solutions. The second approach (two-step process) was aqueous extraction at neutral pH followed by nitric acid hydrolysis of the extract at 60 and 80 °C under reduced pH. It was found that in the first approach, the pH of 2 led to a fivefold increase in the fructose content of the extract, resulting from inulin hydrolysis and corresponding to 56% of theoretical fructose yield. For the second approach, it was possible to achieve complete hydrolysis at pH below 2.5 and at 80 °C. Separating extraction and hydrolysis was found to be more suitable in terms of including this process step into a biorefinery concept for HMF production. It was possible to reduce the initial inulin content by 95%.
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Biomass conversion and biorefinery, 13 (2023), 1, 159-170.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-01108-y.
ISSN: 2190-6823
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Stökle, K., Jung, D., & Kruse, A. (2023). Acid-assisted extraction and hydrolysis of inulin from chicory roots to obtain fructose-enriched extracts. Biomass conversion and biorefinery, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-01108-y
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@article{Stökle2023,
url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/16282},
doi = {10.1007/s13399-020-01108-y},
author = {Stökle, Katrin and Jung, Dennis and Kruse, Andrea et al.},
title = {Acid-assisted extraction and hydrolysis of inulin from chicory roots to obtain fructose-enriched extracts},
journal = {Biomass conversion and biorefinery},
year = {2023},
volume = {13},
number = {1},
pages = {159--170},
}