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The leaves of the xerophyte Prosopis (Prosopis juliflora) were utilized to extract volatile fatty acids in a simple and ‘clean-green’ yet fairly rapid bioprocess. It involved subjecting the leaves to microbial action by acidogenic and acidogenic bacteria present in cow dung. In a single, one-pot step, the process was able to convert up to 10.7% of the total solids present in the Prosopis leaves to VFAs. It also made the spent Prosopis leaves amenable to vermicomposting.
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SAA thanks the Council Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi for Emeritus Scientist Grant (21(1034)/16/EMR-II.
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Patnaik, P., Abbasi, T., Abbasi, S.A. (2018). Extraction of Energy Precursors in the Form of Volatile Fatty Acids (VFAs) from the Xerophyte Prosopis (Prosopis juliflora) . In: Siddiqui, N., Tauseef, S., Bansal, K. (eds) Advances in Health and Environment Safety. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7122-5_26
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