초록
Ethyl acetate extraction (EAE) of the steam exploded sugarcane bagasse may be an effective and economic way to extract antioxidants as well as enhance the enzymatic hydrolysis and bioethanol yield from the extracted residue. Therefore, the effects of EAE on steam-exploded sugarcane bagasse (SESB) were studied. Under boiling solvent extraction (BSE), the efficiency of EAE for obtaining phenolics from SESB was approximately 20%. EA extracts obtained under BSE showed an H<SUB>2</SUB>O<SUB>2</SUB> scavenging activity (210μL) of 99%. The IC<SUB>50</SUB> values for 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging activity and reducing power of BSE40 were 50.89 and 256.38μg/mL, respectively, while those of vitamin C were 24 and 112μg/mL, respectively. EAE improved the glucose yield by 30% but had no significant effect on the xylose yield during the enzymatic hydrolysis obtained using Celluclast 1.5L and Novozym 188. EAE also increased the ethanol yield by 8.78% by employing simultaneous saccharification and fermentation. The present study may be of great importance in industrial bioethanol production from steam-exploded biomass environmentally friendly and economically.