Toray Industries, Inc.

Cosmo Ala Co., Ltd.

Shigeyuki Funada

Katsushige Yamada

Hiroyuki Kurihara

Atsushi Minamino

Takahiro Arai

Jumpei Kishimoto

Yuka Asahi

Takuya Kasahara

Yasutomo Takeuchi

An aquatic organism growth promotor, containing, as an effective ingredient, a low molecular weight lignin having a molecular weight peak in a molecular weight range of 4,000 to 9,500 and/or a high molecular weight lignin having a molecular weight peak in a molecular weight range of 10,000 to 40,000, wherein the molecular weight peak is measured at a wavelength of 254 nm by GPC molecular weight analysis using an UV detector.

Aquatic organism growth promotor

A method of producing a sugar liquid from cellulose-containing biomass includes step (1) of hydrolyzing cellulose-containing biomass by a filamentous fungus-derived cellulase; and step (2) of filtering a hydrolysate obtained in step (1) through an ultrafiltration membrane to recover the filamentous fungus-derived cellulase as a non-permeate and to obtain a sugar liquid as a permeate, wherein the cellulose-containing biomass is treated with one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of pectinase, glucoamylase, and lipase at a stage previous to step (1) or in step (1).

Method of producing sugar liquid

A food discoloration inhibitor contains, as an effective ingredient, a low molecular weight lignin having a molecular weight peak in a molecular weight range of 4,000 to 9,500 and/or a high molecular weight lignin having a molecular weight peak in a molecular weight range of 10,000 to 40,000, wherein the molecular weight peak is measured at a wavelength of 254 nm by GPC molecular weight analysis using an UV detector.

Food discoloration inhibitor

An anti-caking agent for soil includes, as effective ingredients: a lignin having a molecular weight peak, as measured by GPC molecular weight analysis using a UV detector at a wavelength of 254 nm, within the molecular weight range of 10,000 to 40,000; and a diatomaceous earth. A method of improving the growth of a plant uses the above described anti-caking agent for soil. The anti-caking agent for soil has the effect of reducing the caking of soil and improving the poor growth of a plant.

Anti-caking agent for soil

A glucose composition contains, as equivalents in an aqueous solution of the composition having a glucose concentration of 100 g/L, 0-25 g/L of xylose, 0.1-10 g/L of acetic acid, 0.15-2.0 g/L of coumaric acid, and 0.007-0.28 g/L of ferulic acid. By using this glucose composition as a raw material in a method for producing a chemical product by microbial fermentation, the yield of the chemical product can be raised.

Glucose composition, microbial fermentation raw material, and method of producing chemical product

A method efficiently produces hydroxycinnamic acids having a high quality, from a cellulose-containing biomass. More specifically, the method includes the steps of: obtaining an alkaline filtrate by allowing an alkaline aqueous medium to pass through a cellulose-containing biomass; obtaining a hydroxycinnamic acid extraction liquid by allowing the alkaline filtrate to repeatedly pass through the cellulose-containing biomass; and separating the hydroxycinnamic acid from the hydroxycinnamic acid extraction liquid.

Method of producing hydroxycinnamic acids

A method prepares a sugar solution from cellulose-containing biomass. The method includes step (1): a step of obtaining an endoxylanase hydrolysate by hydrolyzing the cellulose-containing biomass using endoxylanase derived from microorganisms of thegenus or thegenus, step (2): a step of separating the endoxylanase hydrolysate into an endoxylanase hydrolysate solid and an endoxylanase hydrolysate liquid through solid-liquid separation, step (3): a step of obtaining a cellulase hydrolysate by hydrolyzing the endoxylanase hydrolysate solid using cellulase derived from a filamentous fungus, and step (4): a step of filtering the cellulase hydrolysate through an ultrafiltration membrane to recover a sugar solution from the filtrate side and collect an enzyme component from the non-filtrate side.

Method of preparing sugar solution

A method for producing a purified soybean oligosaccharide liquid according to the present invention is a method for producing a purified soybean oligosaccharide liquid from a soybean and/or a processed soybean product, comprising: the step (1) of mixing the soybean and/or the processed soybean product with a water-containing polar organic solvent that contains a polar organic solvent and water and then removing a generated precipitate to obtain a soybean oligosaccharide liquid that contains the water-containing polar organic solvent; the step (2) of removing the polar organic solvent from the soybean oligosaccharide liquid to obtain a soybean oligosaccharide suspension; the step (3) of mixing the soybean oligosaccharide suspension with cellulase to obtain a cellulase-treated soybean oligosaccharide suspension; and the step (4) of subjecting the cellulase-treated soybean oligosaccharide suspension to solid-liquid separation to obtain a purified soybean oligosaccharide liquid.

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Kamakura, Japan

Shigeyuki Funada