Scientific Reports (Jan 2022)

Microwave-assisted enzymatic hydrolysis to produce xylooligosaccharides from rice husk alkali-soluble arabinoxylan

  • Wannaporn Klangpetch,
  • Alisa Pattarapisitporn,
  • Suphat Phongthai,
  • Niramon Utama-ang,
  • Thunnop Laokuldilok,
  • Pipat Tangjaidee,
  • Tri Indrarini Wirjantoro,
  • Pannapapol Jaichakan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03360-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Abstract The prebiotic properties of xylooligosaccharides (XOS) and arabino-xylooligosaccharides (AXOS) produced from rice husk (RH) using microwave treatment combined with enzymatic hydrolysis were evaluated. The RH was subjected to microwave pretreatment at 140, 160 and 180 °C for 5, 10 and 15 min to obtain crude arabinoxylan (AX). Increasing microwave pretreatment time increased sugar content. Crude AX was extracted with 2% (w/v) sodium hydroxide at 25 °C for 24 h and used as a substrate for XOS production by commercial xylanases. Results showed that oligosaccharides produced by Pentopan Mono BG and Ultraflo Max provided xylobiose and xylotriose as the main products. AXOS was also present in the oligosaccharides that promoted growth of Lactobacillus spp. and resisted degradation by over 70% after exposure to simulated human digestion.