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The leaves and petioles of Paulownia elongata x fortunei are residual fractions from the tree plantations commercially destined to the production of wood and their valorization could contribute to the rational utilization of this resource. The saccharidic fraction is the most abundant in both parts of the plant and the sugar profile is very similar, but the ethanol extractives are more abundant in leaves. Non isothermal processing was selected since it provided better results than isothermal extraction with shorter times. For this reason, optimization of autohydrolysis under non isothermal operation (140–240 °C) was performed for both materials: leaves and petioles. The final autohydrolysis temperature highly influenced the saccharidic, proteic, phenolic and volatile composition of the extracts. Operating under selected conditions leaves provided extracts with more antioxidant compounds than petioles. The proposed technology provides a variety of commercially valuable components, which could contribute to the integral use of this energetic crop following a biorefinery approach.
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The authors thank the financing granted by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness of Spain through the project CTM2015-68503-R. PRS thanks to the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness of Spain, the PIF grant BES-2016-076840, Sheila Gómez for her technical assistance and Ángel Álvarez for his help in collecting samples. C. del Pozo expresses her gratitude to the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona for funding her PhD contract through PIF Grant.
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Rodríguez-Seoane, P., del Pozo, C., Puy, N. et al. Hydrothermal Extraction of Valuable Components from Leaves and Petioles from Paulownia elongata x fortunei. Waste Biomass Valor 12, 4525–4535 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-020-01298-6
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