Table of Contents

Preface

Manufacture, Refining, and Characterization of Oligosaccharides from Lignocellulosic Materials
(Jing Bian, Feng Peng, Feng Xu, Run Cang Sun, Institute of Biomass Chemistry and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, and others)

Xylose as a Dietary Sugar: Sources and Analysis
(Elvira M.S.M. Gaspar, Inês S. Nunes, João F. Lopes, Universidade Nova de Lisboa/Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, CQFB-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Quinta da Torre, Caparica, Portugal)

Utilization of Xylose for Producing Bio-Based Fuels
(Yanna Liang, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois USA)

Biomass Refinery
(Chen Hongzhang, He Qin, National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China)

The Use of D-Xylose in the Green Surfactant Industry
(Boris Estrine, Sinisa Marinkovic, Jean Le Bras, Jacques Muzart, Véronique Rataj-Nardello, Agro Industrie Recherches et Développements, Route de Bazancourt, Pomacle, France, and others)

Xylitol Production from Xylose by a Hyperacidophilic Candida Tropicalis using Fed-Batch Fermentation Strategy
(Elena Tamburini, Terra & AcquaTech Applied Research Laboratory, University of Ferrara, Italy)

Enzymatic Xylose Release from Wheat Bran Arabinoxylans: Solubilizing Water Unextractable Arabinoxylans
(Elizabeth Carvajal-Millana, Alma R. Toledo-Guilléna, Alma C. Campa-Madaa, Karla G. Martínez-Robinsona, Agustín Rascón-Chub, CTAOA, Laboratory of Biopolymers, CTAOV, Laboratory of Biotechnology, Research Center for Food and Development, CIAD, A.C., Hermosillo, Mexico)

Index