Research Article

Catalysis of Rice Straw Hydrolysis by the Combination of Immobilized Cellulase from Aspergillus niger on β-Cyclodextrin-Fe3O4 Nanoparticles and Ionic Liquid

Table 2

The amount of sugar produced and the initial rate of reducing sugar formation by free and immobilized cellulase with or without ionic liquid treatment.

Type of enzymeAmount of sugar (g L−1) (24 hours)Initial rate (g L−1 h−1)

Free cellulase (FC)5.97 ± 1.292.918 ± 1.89
 FC + [bmim]Cl11.91 ± 3.335.807 ± 3.66
 FC + [bmim]HSO413.56 ± 4.275.671 ± 1.06
 FC + [emim]PO4(C2H6)214.16 ± 1.825.635 ± 2.57
Immobilized cellulase onto Fe3O4 (IC)4.78 ± 2.441.629 ± 0.92
 IC + [bmim]Cl5.392 ± 2.072.739 ± 1.31
 IC + [bmim]HSO45.821 ± 1.332.711 ± 1.55
 IC + [emim]PO4(C2H6)25.719 ± 3.492.595 ± 0.84