Anna Andersone

• Researcher at Latvian State institute of Wood chemistry

Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) twigs, remaining after harvesting and pruning, are an underutilized and little-explored biomass resource. This study investigated the content of serotonin in 10 sea buckthorn cultivars (‘Maria Bruvele’, ‘Botanicheskaya Lubitelskaya’, ‘Tatiana’, ‘Otto’, ‘Leikora’, ‘Duet’, ‘Clara’, ‘Lord’, ‘Eva’, ‘Tarmo’) for t...

The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of low rates (20-40 kg ha-1) of siliconcontaining organo-mineral complex (LignoCel-Si) application on potatoes "Imanta" and summer wheat �Vinjet� productivity and quality, under conditions of organic farming. The LignoCel-Si organo-mineral complex was obtained on the basis of the residues of hydrolysi...

The twigs of sea buckthorn, blackcurrant, gooseberries, quince, and grapes were evaluated as a promising source of biologically active compounds—proanthocyanidins (PACs). Sea buckthorn twigs had the highest content of PACs (9.2% on dry biomass). Preliminary pretreatment of biomass with freon R134a did not allow an increase in PACs content in the co...

The industrial harvesting of sea buckthorn (SBT) berries with twigs and subsequent pruning creates a large volume of lignocellulosic agro-waste. This study aimed to valorize this agro-waste as a raw material for animal feed and fuel granules, for developing a sustainable cascading SBT production scheme. Five SBT cultivars’ biomasses were characteri...

It has now been proven that many pathogens that cause infections and inflammation gradually mutate and become resistant to antibiotics. Chemically synthesized drugs treating inflammation most often only affect symptoms, but side effects could lead to the failure of human organs’ functionality. On the other hand, plant-derived natural compounds have...

In this paper, the dominance of the physical effects of ultrasound (US) pretreatment in improving the delignification of wheat straw at a 1:20 solid/liquid (biomass/water) ratio is reported showing low-frequency/high power (25 kHz, 2 or 3 kW) as preferred conditions. The sonochemical pretreatment with alkali was identified as an optimal method to m...

Toxic formaldehyde emissions, and the necessity to reduce the consumption of petrochem icals, stimulates the development of environmentally friendly adhesives. The aim of this research was to study, for the first time, the possibility of using condensed tannins (CTs)-rich extracts from grey alder (Alnus incana) and black alder (Alnus glutinosa) bar...

For sustainable sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) berry production, the task at hand is to find an application for the large amount of biomass waste arising at harvesting. Sea buckthorn (SBT) vegetation is currently poorly studied. The purpose of this research was to assess the composition and potential of SBT twigs as a source of valuable biolo...

The effect of water extracts obtained from bark of growing in Latvia and widely spread in Europe grey alder ( Alnus incana ), black alder ( Alnus glutinosa ) and aspen tree ( Populus tremula ), on the amylase activity in human saliva was evaluated. The extracts were obtained using advanced ACE equipment and distilled hot water as a solvent. The tot...

The objective of the study was to investigate a more effective use of commercially available biomass pellets (wheat straw, wood, peat) using microwave pretreatment to improve heat production. Pellets were pretreated using the originally designed microwave torrefaction device. The effects of microwave (mw) pretreatment were quantified, providing mea...

Most of biorefinery technologies are focused on the utilization of plant polysaccharides into chemicals, whereas lignin, the second most abundant natural polymer, is commonly used as a resource to generate power. This is the first report on flavones-bound lignin obtained by wheat straw (WS) pretreatment under low-frequency ultrasound (US) and hydro...

FucusVesiculosus(F.Vesiculosus) by its composition is a unique raw for obtaining of variety substances with a wide range of consumer properties. The composition of the polyphenolic fraction of F.Vesiculosus is characterized by a predominant content of phloroglucinol polymers - phlorotannins, which are the target compound of this study. Microwave as...

In the present study, the Fucus vesiculosus is considered as perspective feedstock for obtaining fertilizers and valuable biologically active compounds. Polyphenols (phlorotannin) and sulfated polysaccharide (fucoidan) were isolated using sequential extraction from the above-mentioned seaweed. The total content of polyphenolics in hydrophilic extra...

Processing of biomass for obtaining of liquid ethanol, platform chemicals and solid biofuel, is topical biorefinery schema intensively developing. Acid hydrolysis, separated hydrolysis and fermentation, and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation are integrated with other treatments for the advanced technology development. The aim of this wo...

Debarking is an essential part in the technology of round timber processing. The volume of bark going to waste annually is millions of cubic metres, therefore the use of bark as an underexploited renewable source is of increasing importance. Pelletization is one of the recognized methods for increasing the bulk and energy densities of plant biomass...

A comparative study of the modification of chemical composition of softwood and hardwood by torrefaction at different temperatures (150–300 °C) was carried out using microwave treatment and convective heating. The nonthermal effect was established for softwood, revealing increased aromaticity of the samples obtained under microwave treatment. A dif...

This paper reviews the origin, distribution and composition of hydrolysis lignin, a large-scale by-product of the hydrolysis industry that operated in the Soviet Union and several eastern European countries from 1930s to the end of 1990s. The fundamental and industrial aspects of the production of various types of powdered and granular carbon adsor...

This paper reviews the origin,distribution and composition of hydrolysis lignin,a large-scale by-product of the hydrolysis industry that operated in the Soviet Union and several eastern European countries from 1930s to the end of 1990s.The fundamental and ndustrial aspects of the production of various types of powdered and granular carbon adsorbent...

The oxidative modification of Biolignin (BL) has been investigated to make it more suitable as an adsorbent for transition/heavy metals. BL is a by-product of a wheat straw organosolv process for the production of pulp, ethanol, and pentoses (CIMV S.A. pilot plant, Levallois Perret, France). It was subjected to oxidation by a polyoxometalate (POM)...

Using physico-chemical methods (EPR, SEC, Py-GC/MS and UV/VIS spectroscopy) and wet chemical analysis, the characteristics of 6 hardwood lignins in terms of functionality, molecular weight and composition of lignin substructures were determined and considered together with the results of DPPH•, ABTS•+ and O2•− antioxidant assays with the aim to und...

Masuko refining of unbleached kraft birch pulp has been noted to result in more thorough fibrillation than the refining of its bleached counterpart. This result is observed through different fractionation behavior of once refined pulps and is further supported by different relative changes in pulp viscosity. The formation of mechanoradicals during...

Analytical pyrolysis combined with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS) was used to analyze chemical composition of non-hydrolyzed residues (LHRs) obtained by three methods of bioethanol production: softwood acid hydrolysis (AH), separate enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF), and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF...

The paper presents results of complex experimental study of the composition and heating values as well as the combustion and emission characteristics of a pelletized biomass fuel produced from softwood and wheat straw non-hydrolyzed lignocellulosic residues (LHRs) of bioethanol production. Those biofuels can be estimated as prospective alternative...

Combination of lignin matrices (including those modified with silicon oligomers or quaternary ammonium compounds) and such inorganic building blocks as copper and manganese cations (Cu2+, Mn2+) made it possible to synthesize novel hybrid organic-inorganic materials. The synthesized hybrid materials were characterized with significantly increased (2...

Pyrolytic oils of different hardwood species were obtained in a two-stage ablative pyrolysis reactor. The GC/MS analysis of the pyrolytic oil has shown a different content of products of degradation of carbohydrates and lignin depending on the wood species. Pyrolytic oil were dispersed in water and separated to soluble and insoluble fractions. The...

Novel nanoporous lignin(lignocellulose)/SiO2 hybrid materials were designed using the sol-gel process. X-ray photoelectronic spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and 29Si and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy were applied to characterize the hybrids' surface and bulk structure. Nitrogen and water vapor sorption were used...

A novel nanoporous (pore size of 11 nm in average, BET surface area of 30 m2/g, pore volume of 300 mm3/g) hybrid inorganic-organic material was synthesized using the solid-phase interaction at room temperature of plant-originated phenylpropanoid polymer lignin and a Keggin-type heteropolyanion [SiMo12O40]4-. The partly reduction of Mo(VI) to Mo(V)...

The regularities of adsorption of lignosulphonates from water solutions onto cellulose, kaolin, TiO2 and CaCO3 was studied and the high values of the non-electrical portion of free energy of adsorption were shown, which provide effective adsorption of polymer on the surfaces charged similarly with lignosulphonates. Modification of lignosulphonates...

The paper presents the results of the experimental study of composition, heating values and combustion characteristics of granulated non-hydrolyzed residues (LHR) of separated hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF) wheat straw bioethanol processing. The LHRs ash content at 1.4-1.7 times exceeds the values for the native wheat straw samples. It was estab...