Influência das variáveis nitrogênio, fósforo e ºBrix na produção dos metabólicos secundários contaminantes totais da fermentação alcoólica Influence of nitrogen, phosphorus and ºBrix on the production of total secondary contaminant metabolites (MSCT) of alcoholic fermentation

• Main Authors: José Alexsandro Silva, Flávio Luiz Honorato da Silva, Rômulo Romeu da Nóbrega Alves, Davi Pereira de Santana
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2006-07-01
• Series: Química Nova
• Subjects: factorial design; ethanol; response surface
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422006000400013

<abstract language="eng">The present study evaluated the influence of nitrogen, phosphorus and ºBrix on the production of MSCT through a factorial design methodology and analysis of response surface. The objective was to propose a statistically significant probabilistic model for the alcoholic fermentation. In order to obtain less MSCT, the medium under fermentation needs to present low sugar concentration. It was observed that phosphorus and nitrogen, even with no significant individual effects, presented interactions with each other decreasing the production of MSCT, which improves alcohol quality.