Reductive catalytic fractionation of agricultural residue and energy crop lignin and application of lignin oil in antimicrobials
Elvis Osamudiamhen Ebikade, Nicholas Samulewicz, Shuangqing Xuan, James D. Sheehan, Changqing Wu, Dionisios G. Vlachos
Abstract
Lignin monomers obtained from herbaceous biomass in polar solvent (no catalyst) are driven by ferulates undergoing acid mediated condensation reactions into oligomers; lignin oils possess bacteriostatic properties.
Topics & Concepts
LigninChemistryFractionationCatalysisOrganic chemistryResidue (chemistry)Lignocellulosic biomassMonomerBiomass (ecology)SolventCrop residueAgriculturePolymerAgronomyEcologyBiologyLignin and Wood ChemistryCatalysis for Biomass ConversionBiochemical and biochemical processes