The evaluation of plant-based feedstocks is an important aspect of biorefining.Nicotiana glauca is a solanaceous,non-food crop that produces large amounts of biomass and is well adapted to grow in suboptimal condition...The evaluation of plant-based feedstocks is an important aspect of biorefining.Nicotiana glauca is a solanaceous,non-food crop that produces large amounts of biomass and is well adapted to grow in suboptimal conditions.In the present article,compatible sequential solvent extractions were applied to N.glauca leaves to enable the generation of enriched extracts containing higher metabolite content comparing to direct leaf extracts.Typically,between 60 to 100 metabolite components were identified within the fractions.The occurrence of plant fatty acids,fatty acid alcohols,alkanes,sterols and terpenoids was detected by gas liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS)and metabolite identification was confirmed by comparison of physico-chemical properties displayed by available authentic standards.Collectively,co-products such waxes,oils,fermentable sugars,and terpenoids were all identified and quantified.The enriched fractions of N.glauca revealed a high level of readily extractable hydrocarbons,oils and high value co-products.In addition,the saccharification yield and cell wall composition analyses in the stems revealed the potential of the residue material as a promising lignocellulosic substrate for the production of fermentable sugars.In conclusion a multifractional cascade for valuable compounds/commodities has been development,that uses N.glauca biomass.These data have enabled the evaluation of N.glauca material as a potential feedstock for biorefining.展开更多
基金Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEALThe research from the MultiBioPro project leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research,technological development and demonstration under grant agreement 311804Further funding from the BBSRC 21EBTA-Celfacto project is acknowledged by PDF.
文摘The evaluation of plant-based feedstocks is an important aspect of biorefining.Nicotiana glauca is a solanaceous,non-food crop that produces large amounts of biomass and is well adapted to grow in suboptimal conditions.In the present article,compatible sequential solvent extractions were applied to N.glauca leaves to enable the generation of enriched extracts containing higher metabolite content comparing to direct leaf extracts.Typically,between 60 to 100 metabolite components were identified within the fractions.The occurrence of plant fatty acids,fatty acid alcohols,alkanes,sterols and terpenoids was detected by gas liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry(GC-MS)and metabolite identification was confirmed by comparison of physico-chemical properties displayed by available authentic standards.Collectively,co-products such waxes,oils,fermentable sugars,and terpenoids were all identified and quantified.The enriched fractions of N.glauca revealed a high level of readily extractable hydrocarbons,oils and high value co-products.In addition,the saccharification yield and cell wall composition analyses in the stems revealed the potential of the residue material as a promising lignocellulosic substrate for the production of fermentable sugars.In conclusion a multifractional cascade for valuable compounds/commodities has been development,that uses N.glauca biomass.These data have enabled the evaluation of N.glauca material as a potential feedstock for biorefining.
