Integrated bioprocess for obtaining cello-oligosaccharides and cellulose nanocrystals through ultrasound-assisted enzymatic hydrolysis from agroindustrial wastes

• Grant number: 21/09527-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: May 01, 2023
• End date: September 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Food Science and Technology - Food Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Rosana Goldbeck Coelho
• Grantee: Marcos Fellipe da Silva
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos (FEA). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 23/17900-6 - Evaluation of the Modulation Dynamics of the Human Intestinal Microbiota in vitro from Prebiotic Oligosaccharides obtained from Lignocellulosic Wastes, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Cellooligosaccharides (COS) comprise a new class of non-digestible oligosaccharides, with potential functional and technological properties not yet fully elucidated. Cellulose nanocrystals (NCCs) are crystalline nanostructures, commonly obtained through acid hydrolysis of cellulose. Both bioproducts have a range of applications in the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. The challenges of obtaining high yields of COS, associated with the economically viable production of NCCs by more ecological routes, encourage researchers to search for new strategies. Therefore, this project aims to produce, in an integrated, optimized, and economically viable manner cello-oligosaccharides and cellulose nanocrystals through ultrasound-assisted enzymatic hydrolysis of agro-industrial residues, such as sugarcane bagasse, corn husk, and rice straw. It is believed that the ultrasonic waves associated with the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose can promote high yields of COS and NCCs simultaneously. It is important to emphasize that this work has an original and innovative character since there are no studies in the literature that encompass the integrated, optimized, and economically viable production of these bioproducts, much fewer studies that evaluate the robust prospecting of functional properties (prebiotics, antioxidants, antimicrobials, antidiabetic and antihypertensive) and technological (rheological, emulsifier and stabilizer) that we intend to determine. The project is associated with FAPESP Process 2019/08542-3 (Enzymatic Biotechnology for the production of xylooligosaccharides from lignocellulosic agro-industrial residues aiming at the production of symbiotics), in which we operate. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DA SILVA, MARCOS FELLIPE; SGANZERLA, WILLIAM GUSTAVO; AVILA, PATRICIA FELIX; CARNEIRO, TANIA FORSTER; CLERICI, MARIA TERESA PEDROSA SILVA; GOLDBECK, ROSANA. Evaluation of the functional properties of short-chain xylooligosaccharides obtained from the enzymatic hydrolysis of bamboo culm. BIOACTIVE CARBOHYDRATES AND DIETARY FIBRE, v. 32, p. 7-pg., 2024-06-29. (22/15221-1, 21/09527-8, 18/14938-4, 19/26925-7)

SOARES, MARCELO GOMES; OKURO, PAULA KIYOMI; DA SILVA, MARCOS FELLIPE; GOLDBECK, ROSANA; CUNHA, ROSIANE LOPES. Ultra-Long-Chain Sorbitol Esters Tailoring Thermo-Responsive Rheological Properties of Oleogels. FOODS, v. 14, n. 6, p. 19-pg., 2025-03-18. (19/27354-3, 22/05719-2, 22/15221-1, 18/20308-3, 21/09527-8)

DA SILVA, MARCOS FELLIPE; DE MELO, ALLAN HENRIQUE FELIX; MIRANDA, YURI RAMATIS SILVA; AVILA, PATRICIA FELIX; SAMPAIO, ULLIANA; SCHMIDT, FLAVIO LUIS; CLERICI, MARIA TERESA PEDROSA SILVA; GOLDBECK, ROSANA. Enzymatic depolymerization of arabinoxylan from bamboo culm for high and fast production of high purity short chain xylo-oligosaccharides. Cellulose, v. 31, n. 5, p. 19-pg., 2024-02-20. (22/15221-1, 21/09527-8)

DA SILVA, MARCOS F.; FLAIBAM, BARBARA; DE MELO, ALLAN H. F.; SAMPAIO, ULLIANA; CLERICI, MARIA TERESA P. S.; GOLDBECK, ROSANA. Optimization of enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose extracted from bamboo culm for bioethanol production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae modified via CRISPR/Cas9. Food Research International, v. 192, p. 9-pg., 2024-07-19. (22/15221-1, 21/09527-8)

DA SILVA, MARCOS F.; BUENO, DANILO; GOLDBECK, ROSANA. Challenges and trends in the industrial production and application of cellooligosaccharides. CURRENT OPINION IN FOOD SCIENCE, v. 63, p. 9-pg., 2025-04-18. (22/15221-1, 21/09527-8)