Structural characterization of the milled wood lignin isolated from brewer´s spent grain

Brewer´s spent grain (BSG) is the major by-product generated by the brewing industry. BSG is rich in carbohydrates, lignin, proteins and lipids, and has a high potential as source of food, energy and chemicals. In this work, the composition and structural characteristics of the lignin from BSG have...

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Autores: Rencoret, Jorge, Prinsen, Pepijn, Gutiérrez Suárez, Ana, Martínez, Ángel T., Río Andrade, José Carlos del
Tipo de recurso: otro
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/98719
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/98719
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Brewers’ spent grains
Lignin
2D NMR
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Sumario:Brewer´s spent grain (BSG) is the major by-product generated by the brewing industry. BSG is rich in carbohydrates, lignin, proteins and lipids, and has a high potential as source of food, energy and chemicals. In this work, the composition and structural characteristics of the lignin from BSG have been studied in detail by Py-GC/MS and 2D-NMR. The data demonstrated that this lignin is a p-hydroxyphenyl-guaiacyl-syringyl (H-GS) lignin, with a predominance of G units (S/G ratio of 0.4). 2D-NMR indicated that the main substructures present include β–O–4´ alkyl-aryl ethers followed by small amounts of phenylcoumarans and resinols.