STUDY ON PREPARATION OF XYLOSE FROM BAMBOO CHIPS

This work deals with preparation of crude xylose by hydrolyzing bamboo chips, which is a novel raw material applied to xylose production. The preparation process consists of pretreatment, acid hydrolysis, neutralization , decoloration and concentration.The product xylose is identified by silica gel TLC, optical activity measurement and other approval tests. The yield of the obtained xylose is 80 % of the theoretical amount.