Journal of Natural Fibers, 2023 Teff (Eragrostis tef), a grass which belongs to the Family Poaceae, is widely cultivated for its starch-rich grains in Ethiopia, generating large amounts of agricultural byproduct, teff straw.
Melese Getachew +3 more
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Physicochemical characterization of banana pseudostem, peduncle, and leaf-derived microcrystalline cellulose as directly compressible excipients [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWood is the most common source of cellulose, but overexploitation and deforestation have led to a need for alternative sources. Banana plant biomass provides a sustainable alternative to wood-based cellulose.
Amanuel Wledesilasse +3 more
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A one-step chemical treatment to directly isolate microcrystalline cellulose from lignocellulose source [PDF]
Bioresources and BioprocessingIn the study, we report an effective and one-step chemical treatment for directly isolating microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) with a width of 10–50 μm and length of 100–1000 μm from various agricultural waste sources.
Thai Anh Do +4 more
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PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE (MCC) [PDF]
BioResources, 2009 Cotton linters were hydrolyzed with different concentrations of HCl (2.5-15%) to prepare microcrystalline cellulose. Infrared spectroscopy and thermal analysis were used to follow the effect of hydrolysis on the molecular structure of the produced ...
Abd-Allah M. A. Nada +3 more
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Science and Technology Indonesia, 2023 This study aims to obtain cellulase enzymes from selected molds for microcrystalline cellulose preparation from ????-cellulose of kapok cortex. Alpha-cellulose was obtained by biodelignification, and the purified cellulase was obtained from the selected ...
Mi'rajunnisa +3 more
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A rapid identification method for adulteration of microcrystalline cellulose
Liang you shipin ke-ji, 2023 A rapid identification method of microcrystalline cellulose adulteration by near infrared spectroscopy was studied. Based on the near-infrared spectrum data of microcrystalline cellulose samples and adulterants (soluble starch, wheat flour), the material
CHEN Xiu-ming +5 more
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Quantitative characterisation of extended-release tablets with quetiapine using NIR-chemometric methods [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Pharmaceutical Practice, 2021 This study aims to develop and validate NIR-chemometric methods for quantifying the API (quetiapine) and two excipients in extended-release tablets without sample preparation.
Teodora DRĂGAN +4 more
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Synthesis of Microcrystalline Cellulose from Carpenter Waste and Its Characterizations
Journal of Natural Fibers, 2022 Carpenter waste has been used as a raw material for synthesizing microcrystalline cellulose through various chemical pre-treatment process sequences.
Kunal Bhandari +3 more
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Characteristics of Microcrystalline Cellulose from Coir Fibers
Journal of Natural Fibers, 2022 This work aimed to extract and characterize microcrystalline cellulose from coir fibers. Extraction was achieved in a two-step process in which the coir fibers were treated with sodium hydroxide for 3 h at 100°C followed by bleaching with peracetic acid ...
Joyline Gichuki +3 more
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Extraction and Analysis of Microcrystalline Cellulose from Delignified Serte Leaf Fiber Wastes
Journal of Natural Fibers, 2021 Dracaena Steudneri Egler (Serte) is a leaf fiber, as reported by us in our previous work. During the extraction of the fiber, different chemicals are used to facilitate gum decomposition to get more exceptional and impurity-free fibers.
Misgana Taye +2 more
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