Title of article :
Alternative Source of Beta-Glucan From Oil Palm (Elaeis Guineensis) Trunk Fiber
Author/Authors :
Juna, Tan Yi Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Faculty of Chemical Engineering - Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Malaysia , Muhamad, Ida Idayu Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Faculty of Chemical Engineering - Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Malaysia , Muhamad, Ida Idayu Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Cardiovascular Engineering Centre, Malaysia , Shaharuddin, Shahrulzaman Universiti Teknologi Malaysia - Faculty of Chemical Engineering - Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Malaysia
Abstract :
This study was conducted to develop the method of extracting beta-glucan from the fiber of Elaeis guineensis or oil palm trunk (OPT) and to evaluate its potential. From the previous studies, beta-glucan usually extracted from barley, oats and also bacteria. In this research, wet separation method which is also known as aqueous alcohol method was used to extract beta-glucan from the oil palm trunk fiber. This indirect method of producing beta-glucan was found optimized at conditions of 50% of ethanol as solvent, 4 hours pretreatment duration and temperature of 70ºC. Finally beta-glucan was analyzed by enzymatic method and the percentage of beta-glucan extracted in this study was 34.17 percent.
Keywords :
Oil palm trunk , beta , glucan , ethanol concentration , pre , treatment duration , enzymatic reaction temperature
Journal title :
Jurnal Teknologi :F
Journal title :
Jurnal Teknologi :F
