PROCESSING OF CORN WASTES TO VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS
Rapidase Pomaliq, an enzyme preparation derived from Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma reesei, was found to yield the largest amount of soluble sugars from corn husks pretreated with 1.25 M NaOH. The commercial enzyme preparation was capable of increasing the concentration of soluble sugars from an initial value of 156 g to nearly 600 g/kg of dry matter of corn husks after 30 h of reaction at ...