03 February 2020 - A review article on the state-of-the-art of biomass recalcitrance

03 February 2020 - A review article on the state-of-the-art of biomass recalcitrance

Lignocellulosic biomass is the framework of plants and is an important feedstock for developing bioeconomy in order to propose biosourced products and energy. But its natural structural and chemical complexity makes it difficult to be transformed.

In order to understand biomass recalcitrance towards biotechnological conversions, it is critical to highlight most influencing chemical and structural markers. It is the core of this review which, gathering more than 120 references, presents an updated survey of the last discoveries, including the techniques to measure these markers. Moreover, given this knowledge, it becomes possible to predict lignocellulose hydrolysis: some spectral (infra-red and fluorescence) and physico-chemical (water sorption) methods demonstrate they can be used knowing initial properties of biomass.

Read: Zoghlami A & Paës G. Lignocellulosic Biomass: Understanding Recalcitrance and Predicting Hydrolysis. Frontiers in Chemistry 2020, 7, 874. DOI

Contact: Dr Gabriel Paës, gabriel.paes@inrae.fr

Modification date : 06 June 2023 | Publication date : 31 January 2020 | Redactor : G. Paës