In the near future, grasses must provide most of the biomass for the production of renewable
fuels. However, grass cell walls are characterized by a large quantity of hydroxycinnamic …

The applications of green chemistry and industrial bioprocessing are becoming more
popular to address concerns of pollution, climate change, global warming, circular …

Ferulic acid and its hydroxycinnamate derivatives represent one of the most abundant forms
of low molecular weight phenolic compounds in plant biomass. Feruloyl esterases are part …

Feruloyl esterases (FAEs) represent a diverse group of carboxyl esterases that specifically
catalyze the hydrolysis of ester bonds between ferulic (hydroxycinnamic) acid and plant cell …

Biomass is constructed of dense recalcitrant polymeric materials: proteins, lignin, and
holocellulose, a fraction constituting fibrous cellulose wrapped in hemicellulose-pectin …

One of the main challenges for the deployment of lignocellulosic biorefineries in future years
is to find renewable and secured biomass sources in order to obtain bio-sourced products …

Xylooligosaccharides (XOS) are non-digestible food ingredients with prebiotic properties for
selectively promoting the growth of probiotics, which provide many health benefits and …

With increasing focus on sustainable energy, bio-refining from lignocellulosic biomass has
become a thrust area of research. With most of the works being focused on biofuels …

Advancement in industrial biotechnology offers potential opportunities for economic
utilization of agro-industrial biomass such as kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) for the production …

Sustainable production of fine chemicals and biofuels from renewable biomass offers a
potential alternative to the continued use of finite geological oil reserves. However, in order …