Processing Methods of Alkaline Hydrolysate from Rice Husk

This paper devoted to finding processing methods of alkaline hydrolysate produced from rice husk pre-extraction, and discusses alkaline hydrolysate processing schemed and disengagement of some products： amorphous silica of various quality, alkaline lignin, and water and alkaline extraction polysaccharides. Silica samples were characterized： crude （air-dried）, burnt （no preliminary water treatment）, washed in distilled water, and washed in distilled water and burnt. Waste water parameters upon the extraction of solids from alkaline hydrolysate dropped a few dozens or thousand times depending on the applied processing method. Color decreased a few thousand times, turbidity was virtually eliminated, chemical oxygen demanded about 20–136 times; polyphenols content might decrease 50% or be virtually eliminated. The most prospective scheme obtained the two following solid products from rice husk alkaline hydrolysate： amorphous silica and alkaline extraction polysaccharide. Chemical oxygen demand of the remaining waste water decreased about 140 times compared to the silica-free solution.

Two new dammarane-type sapogenins from Gynostemma pentaphyllum

Two new sapogenins,named（20S,24R）-3β,20,21β,25-tetrahydroxy-21,24-cyclodammarane（1）and 3β-hydroxyetio-17β-dammaranic acid（2）,were isolated from the alkaline hydrolysate of Gynostemma pentaphyllum saponins.Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods.