US 6,982,328 B2
Methods of producing compounds from plant material
Todd A. Werpy, West Richland, Wash. (US); Andrew J. Schmidt, Richland, Wash. (US); John G. Frye, Jr., Richland, Wash. (US); Alan H. Zacher, Kennewick, Wash. (US); James A. Franz, Kennewick, Wash. (US); Mikhail S. Alnajjar, Richland, Wash. (US); Gary G. Neuenschwander, Burbank, Wash. (US); Eric V. Alderson, Kennewick, Wash. (US); Rick J. Orth, Kennewick, Wash. (US); Charles A. Abbas, Champaign, Ill. (US); Kyle E. Beery, Decatur, Ill. (US); Anne M. Rammelsberg, Decatur, Ill. (US); and Catherine J. Kim, Decatur, Ill. (US)
Assigned to Archer Daniels Midland Company, Decatur, Ill. (US); and Battelle Memorial Institute, Richland, Wash. (US)
Filed on Mar. 03, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/379,299.
Prior Publication US 2004/0175806 A1, Sep. 09, 2004
Int. Cl. C07H 1/06 (2006.01); C07H 1/08 (2006.01); C08B 37/14 (2006.01); C08B 30/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 536—128 19 Claims
 
1. A method of extracting compounds from plant material, comprising:
providing plant material;
solubilizing the plant material to form a mixture having a pH of from about 3 to about 9, the mixture comprising a solubilized fraction and a non-solubilized fraction, the solubilized fraction comprising an extracted amount of starch and an extracted amount of hemicellulose, the solubilizing comprising adding water to the plant material to form the mixture;
separating the solubilized fraction from the non-solubilized fraction; and
chemically reducing at least a portion of the extracted amount of starch and the extracted amount of hemicellulose in the solubilized fraction.