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Chemistry of Jute and Its Applications

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The Jute Genome

Part of the book series: Compendium of Plant Genomes ((CPG))

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Jute is a lignocellulosic fiber, having three principal chemical constituents: alpha-cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, while jute stick leftover after fiber extraction is also lingocellulosic. This chapter deals with the brief composition of lignin, cellulose, hemicelluloses and other minor components together with linkages of lignin with other components. Locations of major jute constituents as well as chemical composition of jute fiber at different stages of plant growth are discussed. The effects of common chemicals and light on jute as well as methods for estimation of major jute constituents have been described. Some important chemical processes such as bleaching, dyeing, woollenization for the production of high-value jute diversified products are briefly reported. Several useful products, developed by utilizing jute chemistry, have been mentioned, viz. pulp and paper, activated charcoal, furfural, oxalic acid, microcrystalline cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, and nanocellulose. In the end, major environmental impacts of natural jute fiber vis-à-vis synthetic fiber have also been mentioned.

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  1. Chemical Processing Division, Indian Jute Industries’ Research Association (IJIRA), Kolkata, India

    Tapan Kumar Guha Roy

  2. Physics Division, Indian Jute Industries’ Research Association (IJIRA), Kolkata, India

    Debanjan Sur

  3. Technology Transfer Division, National Institute of Natural Fibre Engineering & Technology, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (NINFET-ICAR), Kolkata, India

    Debashis Nag

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  2. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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  3. President, International Climate Resilient Crop Genomics Consortium (ICRCGC), President, International Phytomedomics & Nutriomics Consortium (IPNC) and President, Genome India International (GII), Kolkata, India

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Roy, T.K.G., Sur, D., Nag, D. (2022). Chemistry of Jute and Its Applications. In: Zhang, L., Khan, H., Kole, C. (eds) The Jute Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91163-8_3

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