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Consecutive Production of Hydroalcoholic Extracts, Carbohydrates Derivatives and Silica Nanoparticles from Equisetum arvense

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Intelligent strategies should be used in biorefinery processes for the production of different high-value products from the same raw material. Focused on this, the biomass from Equisetum arvense (horsetail) was used for the consecutive production of an extract with medicinal properties, carbohydrate derivatives, heat energy and nanosilica. The biorefinery of horsetail involved a hydroalcoholic extraction, followed by acid hydrolysis and calcination. The yield of the hydroalcoholic extract was 20.2%; however, the yields of monomeric sugars, heat energy and silica varied with the conditions used in each step of the process. High-quality nanosilica could be obtained using mild acid hydrolysis conditions (120 °C, 1 h, H2SO4·2 wt%) followed by calcination at moderated temperature (650 °C); in this case, the yields of co-products were relatively low. However, such yields were increased by changing the hydrolysis temperature to 140 °C but the resulting silica nanoparticles had lower quality.

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The funding was provided by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Fundação Araucária and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico.

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  1. Integrated Program in Engineering & Materials Science, Federal University of Paraná, Polytechnic Center, Curitiba, 81531-990, Brazil

    Bruno D. Mattos, Maílson de Matos & Washington L. E. Magalhães

  2. Department of Chemistry, Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, 81531-990, Brazil

    Gustavo R. Gomes & Luiz P. Ramos

  3. Embrapa Florestas, Estrada da Ribeira, Km 111, Colombo, 83411-000, Brazil

    Washington L. E. Magalhães

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Mattos, B.D., Gomes, G.R., de Matos, M. et al. Consecutive Production of Hydroalcoholic Extracts, Carbohydrates Derivatives and Silica Nanoparticles from Equisetum arvense . Waste Biomass Valor 9, 1993–2002 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-017-9993-y

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