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“The substrate specificities and characteristic activities of these enzymes suggest that they may intervene in the depolymerisation of cellulose and hemicellulose.”
“Since hemicellulose prevents access of cellulolytic enzymes to cellulose , enzymatic hydrolysis of hemicellulose is beneficial for cellulose digestion.”
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry • 2009 | View Paper
“The molar ratio of propionate to acetate increased from 0.83 to 1.53, extracellular ammonia declined from 5.2 to 2.4 mM, and hemicellulose and cellulose digestions were inhibited by 40 and 27%, respectively.”
“The high affinity of cellulose to plant hemicelluloses (xyloglucan, xylan, pectin) is also an opportunity to develop biomaterials with new properties.”
“As a result of adequate removal of hemicellulose and lignin, the enzymatic digestibility of cellulose in the pretreated residue was significantly elevated.”
“Despite holocellulose being similar between fractions or seasons, hemicellulose and cellulose showed inverse correlation, while lignin and cellulose contents were directly correlated in stems.”
“Previously it has been demonstrated that hemicellulose has high affinity towards cellulose and has the ability to alter the properties of cellulose based products.”
“It does not reduce the palatability of forage grass for animals, but it hinders the isolation of cellulose fibers and the efficient enzymatic depolymerization of cellulose and hemicellulose into fermentable sugars in biorefining processes by limiting the access by hydrolytic enzymes to their polysaccharide substrates.”