TY  - BOOK
AU  - Simakova, Olga 
TI  - Biomass Sugars for Non-Fuel Applications
SN  - 9781782621133
U1  - 664 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - UK
PB  - Royal Society Of Chemistry
KW  - Green chemistry
N1  - Bib and Ref
N2  - Biomass-derived sugars provide a rich, renewable feedstock for a diverse range of chemicals, making them a promising and feasible source for the sustainable manufacture of a variety of valuable products. Exploring green sugar-based technologies beyond their applications in fuels, this book provides an overview of sugar-based technologies, describing their challenges and opportunities. It covers transformations of sugars into green chemicals in pharmaceuticals, biodegradable polymers and surfactants. A special chapter is dedicated to the conversion of biomass into sugars, which is a crucial step in the sustainable utilization of sugars.
ER  -