Non-targeted discovery of high-value bio-products in Nicotiana glauca L: a potential renewable plant feedstockShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Bioresources and bioprocessing, ISSN 2197-4365, Vol. 11, no 1, article id 12Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The evaluation of plant-based feedstocks is an important aspect of biorefining. Nicotiana glauca is a solanaceous, non-food crop that produces large amounts of biomass and is well adapted to grow in suboptimal conditions. In the present article, compatible sequential solvent extractions were applied to N. glauca leaves to enable the generation of enriched extracts containing higher metabolite content comparing to direct leaf extracts. Typically, between 60 to 100 metabolite components were identified within the fractions. The occurrence of plant fatty acids, fatty acid alcohols, alkanes, sterols and terpenoids was detected by gas liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and metabolite identification was confirmed by comparison of physico-chemical properties displayed by available authentic standards. Collectively, co-products such waxes, oils, fermentable sugars, and terpenoids were all identified and quantified. The enriched fractions of N. glauca revealed a high level of readily extractable hydrocarbons, oils and high value co-products. In addition, the saccharification yield and cell wall composition analyses in the stems revealed the potential of the residue material as a promising lignocellulosic substrate for the production of fermentable sugars. In conclusion a multifractional cascade for valuable compounds/commodities has been development, that uses N. glauca biomass. These data have enabled the evaluation of N. glauca material as a potential feedstock for biorefining.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature , 2024. Vol. 11, no 1, article id 12
Keywords [en]
Nicotiana glauca, Metabolite profiling, Biorefinary, Bioproducts
National Category
Chemical Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-343034DOI: 10.1186/s40643-023-00726-4ISI: 001145230900004Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85182603856OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-343034DiVA, id: diva2:1836046
Note
QC 20240208
2024-02-082024-02-082025-02-18Bibliographically approved