Possible incorporation of petroleum-based carbons in biochemicals produced by bioprocess.

The biomass carbon ratios of biochemicals related to biomass have been reviewed. Commercial products from biomass were explained. The biomass carbon ratios of biochemical compounds were measured by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) based on the 14C concentration of carbons in the compounds. This measuring method uses the mechanism that biomass carbons include a very low level of 14C and petroleum carbons do not include 14C similar to the carbon dating measuring method. It was confirmed that there were some biochemicals synthesized from petroleum-based carbons. This AMS method has a high accuracy with a small standard deviation and can be applied to plastic products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]