Article
Low Molecular Weight Organic Composition of Ethanol Stillage from Sugarcane Molasses, Citrus Waste, and Sweet Whey
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Date
2-1-1994
DOI
10.1021/jf00038a011
Abstract
Filtered stillage from the distillation of ethanol made by yeast fermentation of sugarcane molasses, citrus waste, and sweet whey was analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy and by high-performance liquid chromatography. Nearly all of the major peaks representing low molecular weight organic components were identified. The major components in cane stillage were, in decreasing order of concentration, lactic acid, glycerol, ethanol, and acetic acid. In citrus stillage they were lactic acid, glycerol, myo-inositol, acetic acid, chiro-inositol, and proline. Finally, in whey stillage the major components were lactose, lactic acid, glycerol, acetic acid, glucose, arabinitol, and ribitol.
Copyright Owner
American Chemical Society
Copyright Date
1994
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Michael K. Dowd, Steven L. Johansen, Laura Cantarella and Peter J. Reilly. "Low Molecular Weight Organic Composition of Ethanol Stillage from Sugarcane Molasses, Citrus Waste, and Sweet Whey" Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Vol. 42 Iss. 2 (1994) p. 283 - 288 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/peter_reilly/31/
Posted from Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 42, no. 2 (1994): 283–288, doi:10.1021/jf00038a011. Copyright 1994 American Chemical Society.