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. 2022 Sep 12;12(18):3158. doi: 10.3390/nano12183158

Table 1.

Illustration of cellulose extraction from different agriculture species.

Agricultural Species Pretreatment Treatment Experimental Method Ref.
Sweet potato vine Cut sweet potato vine (30 g) about 3 mm in length Acid and alkali treatment NaClO2 (10 g/L), acetic acid (2 mL/L) bleaching (70 °C) for 1 h, added acetic acid (2 mL) every hour three times; 6 wt% KOH solution (80 °C) for 3 h; washed by water; [51]
Onion and garlic Onion, garlic stalks and peels washed, dried, then pulverize Acid and alkali treatment The mixed solution of toluene and ethanol (2:1) was reflux for 6 h; 0.7% (w/v) NaClO2, 100 °C, 2 h, fiber to solution mass ratio 1:50; [52]
Orange mesocarp Cut the orange mesocarp into pieces, drying under 105 °C to completely dry, then pulverize Acid and alkali treatment 2.7% (w/w) NaOH for 180 min, 5.3% (w/w) NaClO2, H2O2 9.3% (w/w) continuous bleaching; [53]
Buckwheat and rice Immersed in acetone solution at room temperature for 24 h Acid and alkali treatment NaClO2 under pH 4–5, 75 °C bleaching four times; 4% (w/w) NaOH solution treated for 1 h; [54]
Rice husk and coffee husk Pulverize residue into averaged particle size 2–3 mm Acid and alkali treatment 4 wt% NaOH mass of solid: mass of solution 1:20 stirred for 3 h; 1.7 wt% NaClO2 with mass of solid: mass of solution 1:20 for 4 h [55]
Rice and oat husks Wash the residue and dry for 24 h with temperature of 50 °C; Acid and alkali treatment NaOH (27 g/L) acetic acid (75 g/L) and 1 L distilled water, 90 °C for 4 h; [56]
Arecanut husk Immersed in toluene: ethanol (v/v) = 2:1, 48 h with temperature 50 °C; wash with boiling water and dry; cut into 6 mm on average; Acid and alkali treatment 5% NaOH 50 °C for 4 h; 3.5 M NaClO2 for bleaching; milling into pulp treated with alkali again and then 5 M NaClO2 bleaching again; [57]
Rice bran 0.3% α-amylase treated for 30 min with 95 °C, centrifuge (10 min) Enzyme alkali and acid treatment 4% NaOH treatment for 75 min; washed with water, ethanol, acetone 2 times; 0.1 M HCl, 10% (w/v) NaClO2 12 h at a temperature of 25 °C [58]