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Latex-bearing plant (Calotropis procera) as a biorefinery for bioethanol production

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Investigation of an alternative source of the nonrenewable energy is attracting the world attention nowadays. The fruits and leaves biomass of Calotropis procera were exposed to sequential pretreatment processes. First, a successive pretreatment with an organic solvent (hexane/methanol) yielded biocrude and plant spent residues fractions. The plant spent residues fractions were exposed to successive acid/alkali (1% H2SO4/2% NaOH) pretreatment to yield spent residues of fruits (SRF) and leaves (SRL). The amount of cellulose content of the sequential pretreated SRF and SRL were 87.3 and 83.4%, respectively. The hydrolysis process of 10 g of the sequential pretreated SRF and SRL by Sternzym cellulase produced 80.2 and 50.4 g/L of total reduced sugars, respectively. The reduced sugars were then fermented by Saccharomyces cerevisiae (MN901244) for bioethanol production. The HPLC analysis showed 38.9 and 23.8 g/L of bioethanol yields from sequential pretreated SRF and SRL, respectively. The GC/MS analysis of methanol and hexane biocrude fractions revealed the presence of 20 and 12% of fatty acids, respectively, which would be promising amounts for biodiesel production after esterification. So, the present study suggested a low-cost nonedible plant biomass (Calotropis procera) as a biorefinery for production of renewable bioethanol.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Dr. Ibrahim M. A. Nafady the director of Wadi Al-Asiuty protected area for helping in collecting the Calotropis procera plant. Also, this work was supported by Science, Technology & Innovation Funding Authority (STIFA) in Egypt as a part of research projects (ID: 41623,43281).

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  1. Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, 71515, Egypt

    Aya H. Mahmoud, Maysa M. Ali, Eman S. Aldaby, Asmaa M. M. Mawad & Ahmed A. Shoreit

  2. Advanced Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, 71515, Egypt

    Haitham M. El-Bery

  3. Department of Biology, College of Science, Taibah University, Medina, 42317-8599, Saudi Arabia

    Asmaa M. M. Mawad

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Mahmoud, A.H., El-Bery, H.M., Ali, M.M. et al. Latex-bearing plant (Calotropis procera) as a biorefinery for bioethanol production. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 13, 4785–4795 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01479-w

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