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Various lignin determination methods have been applied to hemicellulose-rich wood extracts obtained after pressurized hot-water extraction (PHWE) and membrane ultrafiltration (UF). In focus were the chlorine number (Cl no.) method, the acetyl bromide method, and the four modifications of the Klason lignin determination, such as the KCL, TAPPI, LAP, and Goldschmid methods. The furfural (F) and hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) concentrations in the acid hydrolysates were also determined. The mass balances of the fraction were calculated with respect to the contents of dry solids and lignin, including the acid-soluble lignin. The reliability of the methods was evaluated based on the lignin mass balances and the gross chemical composition of the extracts. Although the results were dependent on the method applied, the lignin mass balance calculations yielded similar results in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The extraction conditions have been evaluated concerning the recovery of specific polyphenols from Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) knots by means of an accelerated solvent extractor. The composition of the extracts was determined by gas chromatography, gas chromatographymass spectrometry, and high-performance size-exclusion chromatography. The main phenolic compounds are the stilbenes pinosylvin and its monomethyl ether and the lignan nortrachelogenin (NTG), and their amounts vary a lot from sample to sample. The sequential extraction with a nonpolar solvent as a first step for removing the lipophilic compounds was the most efficient approach for the recovery of both pinosylvins and NTG. For food applications, hot water and 85% aqueous ethanol were good solvents for the production of the substances in focus. An industrial knotwood sample from a pulp mill was sequentially extracted with cyclohexane and ethanol/water (95:5) in a large-scale Soxhlet equipment. The results show that the industrial production of pinosylvins and NTG from knots is feasible. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Highlights: [⿢] Pinus pinaster wood samples were extracted with near and supercritical CO2. [⿢] The effect of pressure (10⿿25MPa), temperature (30⿿50°C) and ethanol as co-solvent was assessed. [⿢] Under selected conditions (25MPa, 50°C, 10% ethanol), 4wt% was extracted. [⿢] One gram of extract contained 76mg of GAE and was equivalent to 0.3g Trolox. [⿢] Selected extracts contained 30% resin acids and 10% of the sum of flavonoids, lignans, stilbenes and juvabiones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aqueous fractionation of wood has been proposed as a suitable processing method for biorefineries. When treatments are performed under low severity conditions, water-soluble components (which could be detrimental in further processing stages) are removed, whereas polysaccharides, lignin, and other water-insoluble constituents remain in solid phase with little alteration. In order to explore the presence of added-value products in aqueous extracts from Pinus pinaster wood, different samples (heartwood and sapwood with and without knots) were extracted with water at 130 to 140 °C, and the resulting solutions were assayed for yield and composition (by GC-FID, GC-MS, and HPLC). The major extract components, such as polysaccharide-derived products, simple phenolics, stilbenes, lignans, flavonoids, organic acids, jubaviones, steryl esters, and triglycerides, were identified and quantified. In order to assess a possible application of the extracts, their antioxidant activity was measured using the Trolox Equivalent Antioxidant Capacity assay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Extraction of lipids from Chlorella algae with supercritical hexane resulted in the high lipids yield of approximately 10% obtained at optimum conditions in terms of extraction time and agitation compared to the total content of lipids being 12%. Furthermore, an easiness of hexane recovery may be considered as economically and ecologically attractive. For the first time, in the current work catalytic hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of Chlorella algal lipids was studied over 5 wt % Ni/SiO2 at 300 °C and under 30 bar total pressure in H2. The conversion of lipids was about 15% as the catalyst was totally deactivated after 60 min. The transformation of lipids proceeded mostly via hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis with formation of free fatty acid (FFA). Lower activity might be attributed to deactivation of catalysts caused by chlorophylls and carotenoids. Even though the conversion is low, future studies in HDO of lipids extracted from other algae species having higher lipid content could be proposed. A coke resistant catalyst might be considered to improve catalytic activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]