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Lignocellulosic Materials: Sources and Processing Technologies

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Lignocellulosic materials (LCMs) are one of the most promising feedstock for several biotechnological purposes. However, these LCMs are highly complex and present a robust structure of difficult access. For the valorization of each fraction of LCMs, a pre-treatment step is necessary in order to alter and/or remove the surrounding matrix of lignin and hemicellulose and increase the cellulose accessibility. Each pre-treatment has a specific effect on the LCM components and generally more than one pre-treatment step is necessary to obtain the fractions. This chapter primarily covers the definition of LCMs, their composition and varied sources. Subsequently, it is presented their structure, and the advantages and disadvantages of the different pre-treatment methods. Furthermore, a section with examples of successful processing technologies and valorization of each LCM component using different pre-treatment technologies is presented.

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  1. Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Lina Fernanda Ballesteros

  2. Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Michele Michelin

  3. Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

    António Augusto Vicente

  4. Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

    José António Teixeira

  5. International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Braga, Portugal

    Miguel Ângelo Cerqueira

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Ballesteros, L.F., Michelin, M., Vicente, A.A., Teixeira, J.A., Cerqueira, M.Â. (2018). Lignocellulosic Materials: Sources and Processing Technologies. In: Lignocellulosic Materials and Their Use in Bio-based Packaging. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92940-8_2

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