TY - JFULL AU - Sawsan Dacrory and Hussein Abou-Yousef and Samir Kamel and Ragab E. Abou-Zeid and Mohamed S. Abdel-Aziz and Mohamed Elbadry PY - 2016/2/ TI - Utilization and Characterizations of Olive Oil Industry By-Products T2 - International Journal of Chemical and Molecular Engineering SP - 119 EP - 128 VL - 10 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10004122 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 109, 2016 N2 - A considerable amount of lignocellulosic by-product could be obtained from olive pulp during olive oil extraction industry. The major constituents of the olive pulp are husks and seeds. The separation of each portion of olive pulp (seeds and husks) was carried out by water flotation where seeds were sediment in the bottom. Both seeds and husks were dignified by 15% NaOH followed by complete lignin removal by using sodium chlorite in acidic medium. The isolated holocellulose, α-cellulose, hydrogel and CMC of both seeds and husk fractions were characterized by FTIR and SEM. The present study focused on the investigation of the chemical components of the lignocellulosic fraction of olive pulp and using them in medical application. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is produced and applied in the preparation of antimicrobial hydrogel. ER -