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J Agric Food Chem ; 57(9): 3626-31, 2009 May 13.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19354296

ABSTRACT

The chemical composition of the lipophilic extracts of bark and core, of the Miscanthus x giganteus stalk, was studied by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Aromatic compounds, sterols, and fatty acids, followed by long-chain fatty alcohols, were the major families of components present in the M. x giganteus stalk. Aromatic compounds are more abundant in the M. x giganteus bark (521 mg/kg of bark), with vanillic acid, vanillin, and p-hydroxybenzaldehyde as the major compounds of this family. In the M. x giganteus core, sterols represent about 949 mg/kg of dry core with beta-sitosterol, 7-oxo-beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, and campesterol as the major components. The detection of small amounts of esters in the GC-MS analysis with short columns explains the small increase in the abundance of the identified families after alkaline hydrolysis. The high content of valuable sterols and aromatic compounds in M. x giganteus and, particularly, in the core, which is considered a residue in most applications, can open new perspectives for the integrated upgrading of this grass within the biorefinery perspective.


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Phenols/analysis , Phytosterols/analysis , Plant Extracts/chemistry , Poaceae/chemistry , Fatty Acids/analysis , Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration , Hydrolysis , Odorants/analysis , Plant Bark/chemistry , Plant Stems/chemistry
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Biomacromolecules ; 3(1): 57-62, 2002.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11866556

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Cork particles, recovered as byproducts of the processing of this natural material, were oxypropylated under pressure and relatively high temperature in the presence of KOH as catalyst. Various parameters were explored in order to assess the most suitable conditions, which led to the almost complete conversion of the solid cork into a viscous polyol. This product was a mixture of oxypropylated cork macromolecules and propylene oxide oligomers, which were thoroughly characterized. The use of these polyols as macromonomers in the synthesis of polyurethane foams gave promising results, thus showing that it should be possible to exploit the residues of this important renewable resource to manufacture original materials.


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Plant Structures/chemistry , Polymers/chemistry , Polymers/metabolism , Polyurethanes/chemistry , Alkenes/chemistry , Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy , Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
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