Reuse of Sugarcane Bagasse to Obtein Carboxymethylcellulose

Abstract

Many countries are blessed with the natural resources and Brazil is one of them. Brazil has a generous abundance of natural sources like the great variety of flora and fauna.  These natural resources of Brazil are responsible for the growth of financial status of the country but modernization and technological advances, there is a fair amount of withdrawal of these resources for the production of new products, but the replacement of the same to the environment is not done satisfactorily. If wait for natural recovery, it will take many years for full regeneration and in a short time natural resources will go extinct from the face of the earth. Sugarcane bagasse is a fibrous by-product resulting from the milling of sugarcane. Even after the extraction of sucrose and other nutrients, the bagasse still contains a lot of organic matter, thus being a possible source of energy and other fine chemicals. The challenge of this work is the conversion of plant wastes as the by-products of sugarcane bagasse through the transformation of raw material by traditionally known and easy-to-prepare reactions to obtain carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) into valuable products, can be helpful in reduction of the environmental problems and a possible successor with added value in the technological, biotechnological and pharmacological application.