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Pretreatment of Sugarcane Bagasse and Leaves: Unlocking the Treasury of “Green Currency”

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Sugarcane residues (bagasse and leaves/trash) are the principal feedstock in Asia, South America, Africa, and other parts of the world. The judicious application of this feedstock into value-added products such as fuel ethanol, xylitol, organic acids, industrial enzymes, etc. may provide a strong economic platform along with clean and safe environment. Pretreatment is an inevitable process to harness the carbohydrate fraction of sugarcane bagasse and leaves into readily available sugars by cellulase-mediated process for the production of house-hold commodities. Several methods (physical, physico-chemical, chemical, and biological) have been adopted for the pretreatment of sugarcane residues. Pretreatment methods with pros and cons are employed either to depolymerize hemicellulosic fraction or lignin degradation to make cellulose more amenable for improved cellulolytic enzymes action. The choice of pretreatment methods depends upon its precise mechanistic action on lignin or hemicelluloses with fewer inhibitory products, minimal sugar loss by increasing the cellulosic surface area for subsequent enzymatic action to obtain desired sugars recovery. Furthermore, economics and environmental impacts are two important considerations for the selection of pretreatment method. This chapter aims to explore a better understanding of multiple pretreatment methodologies applied to the sugarcane residues along with economics and environmental impacts.

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We are grateful to the BIOEN/FAPESP, CNPq and CAPES, Brazil for the financial assistance. We are also thankful to Dr. Om V. Singh from University of Pittsburgh, Bradford for the critical reading of chapter and valuable suggestions.

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Chandel, A.K., Giese, E.C., Antunes, F.A., Santos Oliveira, I., da Silva, S. (2013). Pretreatment of Sugarcane Bagasse and Leaves: Unlocking the Treasury of “Green Currency”. In: Fang, Z. (eds) Pretreatment Techniques for Biofuels and Biorefineries. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32735-3_16

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