Research Progress in Comprehensive Utilization of Corn Cobs
As the by-product of corn processing,corn cob abounds in China. Corn cob is usually used in feed and fuel field or discarded. The economic and social benefit of agricultural product can be increased by the comprehensive utilization of corn cob. The development of studies on processing techniques of glucose, xylose, xylan, polyphenol, polysaccharide, furfural, xamthan gum, activated carbon, lignin, butanol, 2,3 -butanediol and modified corncob powder with corn cob as material were mainly introduced , which provided the references of comprehensive utilization of corn cob.