Cell-Free Enzymatic Conversion of Spent Coffee Grounds Into the Platform Chemical Lactic Acid

The coffee industry produces over 10 billion kg beans per year and generates high amounts of different waste products. Spent coffee grounds (SCG) are an industrially underutilized waste resource, which is rich in the polysaccharide galactomannan, a polysaccharide consisting of a mannose backbone wit...

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Main Authors: Dominik Kopp, Robert D. Willows, Anwar Sunna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00389/full