Recent Developments and Applications of Hemicellulose From Wheat Straw: A Review

Ling-Zhi Huang; Ming-Guo Ma; Xing-Xiang Ji; Sun-Eun Choi; Chuanling Si

doi:10.3389/fbioe.2021.690773

Recent Developments and Applications of Hemicellulose From Wheat Straw: A Review

Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2021 Jun 22:9:690773. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.690773. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Ling-Zhi Huang¹, Ming-Guo Ma¹, Xing-Xiang Ji², Sun-Eun Choi³, Chuanling Si⁴

Affiliations

¹ Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, Research Center of Biomass Clean Utilization, Engineering Research Center of Forestry Biomass Materials and Bioenergy, College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, China.
³ Department of Forest Biomaterials Engineering, College of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea.
⁴ Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China.

Abstract

Hemicellulose is an important component of plant cell walls, which is mainly used in biofuels and bioproducts. The hemicellulose extracted from different plant sources and plant locations has different microstructure and molecule. Wheat straw is an important biomass raw material for the extraction of hemicellulose. The aims of this review are to summary the recent developments and various applications of hemicellulose from wheat straw. The microstructure and molecule of hemicellulose extracted by different methods are comparably discussed. The hemicellulose-based derivatives and composites are also reviewed. Special attention was paid to the applications of hemicellulose such as biofuel production, packaging field, and adsorbent. The problems and developing direction were given based on our knowledge. We expect that this review will put forward to the development and high-value applications of hemicellulose from wheat straw.

Keywords: applications; development; hemicellulose; structure; wheat straw.

Publication types

Review