Journal
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 267, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118241
Keywords
Bioethanol; Cellulose; Seaweed; Microcrystalline cellulose; Nanocellulose
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- OLP-2005
- Department of Biotechnology
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This review summarizes and discusses cellulose extracted from various types of seaweeds, including content, extraction strategies, and cellulose-based products. Some seaweed species were found to have significant cellulose content (9-34% dry weight), and the properties of seaweed cellulose-based products were comparable to products prepared from plant-based cellulose.
Cellulose is a naturally occurring organic polymer extracted mainly from lignocellulosic biomass of terrestrial origin. However, the increasing production of seaweeds for growing global market demands has developed the opportunity to use it as an additional cellulose source. This review aims to prepare comprehensive information to understand seaweed cellulose and its possible applications better. This is the first review that summarizes and discusses the cellulose from all three types (green, red, and brown) of seaweeds in various aspects such as contents, extraction strategies, and cellulose-based products. The seaweed cellulose applications and future perspectives are also discussed. Several seaweed species were found to have significant cellulose content (9-34% dry weight). The review highlights that the properties of seaweed cellulose-based products were comparable to products prepared from plant-based cellulose. Overall, this work demonstrates that cellulose could be economically extracted from phycocolloids industrial waste and selected cellulose-rich seaweed species for various commercial applications.
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