Schizophyllum commune Lipase Production on Pretreated Sugarcane Bagasse and Its Effectiveness

Table 1

Effects of various pretreatments on SB crystallinity index (CrI) and fungal lipase activity.

Pretreatments	SB crystallinity index (CrI) (%)	Lipase production (U/)
Untreated SB	61.90	0.413
Steam	67.38	0.010
Microwave	46.15	0.150
HCl	91.43	n.d.
NaOH	43.36	n.d.
Steam-assisted HCl	88.89	0.200
Steam-assisted NaOH	Incalculable	n.d.
Microwave-assisted HCl	0	n.d.
Microwave-assisted NaOH	Incalculable	n.d.

n.d.: not detected.