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Enhancing antioxidant performance of lignin by enzymatic treatment with laccase Zhili Li, Jiubing Zhang, Li Qin, and Yuanyuan Ge ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/ acssuschemeng.7b04070 • Publication Date (Web): 10 Jan 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on January 11, 2018

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Enhancing Antioxidant Performance of Lignin by Enzymatic

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Treatment with Laccase

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Zhili Li*, Jiubing Zhang, Li Qin, Yuanyuan Ge*

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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China

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*E-mail: [email protected] (Z Li); [email protected] (Y Ge)

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ABSTRACT

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The utilization of lignin is of high interest since it represents the most abundant

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polyphenol worldwide. For the application of lignin as a natural antioxidant more

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phenolic hydroxyl groups (Ph-OH) and lower molecular weight (Mw) are essential. Here,

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we proposed a green method based on enzymatic treatment of two lignins (alkaline

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lignin: AL, and hydrolysis lignin: HL) with laccase, by which the structure, especially

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the Ph-OH contents and Mw of lignin could effectively controlled. The antioxidant

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activity of the lignin was evaluated in vitro by DPPH• (1,1-Diphenyl-2-Picrylhydrazyl)

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radicals scavenging ability. The mechanism of antioxidant activity improvement was

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also elucidated. As expected, the enzymatic treated lignin (HL-L1.0) with the highest

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Ph-OH content and lower Mw exhibited the strongest antioxidant activity (IC50=28.8

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µg/mL), which was even stronger than the commercial antioxidants BHT

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(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxytoluene,

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(3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole, IC50=56.3 µg/mL). This study suggested that the

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enzymatic treatment was a green and effective way to obtain lignin derivatives that

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showed great potential for the antioxidant application.

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KEYWORDS: Lignin; Antioxidant; Free radical; Enzyme; Laccase

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INTRODUCTION

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Nowadays, natural antioxidants due to their abundance, biocompatibility and ability

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to capture and neutralize free radicals to reduce the damage to the body 1, and prevent

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the oxidation of oils and fats, and avoid nutrition of food fading 2, are more and more

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favored in food, medicine and chemical industry 3. Lignin, one of the main constituents

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of lignocellulosic biomass, is the most abundant aromatic biopolymer on the Earth 4-5. It

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is a three-dimensional polymer composed by three phenyl propane units including

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syringyl alcohol (S), guaiacyl alcohol (G) and p-hydroxyphenol alcohol (H)

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natural abundant biopolymer with polyphenol structure, lignin shows potential

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antioxidant properties

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lignin including the molecular weight and the diversity of functional groups, results in

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the inhomogeneous structures and properties of lignin which also covers the antioxidant

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activities 4.

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. Previous studies have indicated that the heterogeneity of

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One strategy that has proved to be highly successful assisting in the conversion of

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lignin into valuable products is enzymatic treatment 10. Using enzymes to modify lignin

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provides environmental and economic advantages over chemical or thermal processes,

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such as mild reaction conditions, the use of renewable and inexpensive biocatalysts, and

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reduction in the use of toxic chemicals. Laccase is a class of enzyme that has received

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much use in the field of lignocellulose modification to create products with increased

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strength, hydrophobicity, and other properties

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effect of enzymatic treatment of lignin with laccase on its structure and antioxidant

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activity has yet to be seen. In this study, alkaline lignin (AL) and hydrolysis lignin (HL), the most dominant 12

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by-products from pulp & paper industry (about 70 million tons of AL per year)

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bio-ethanol industry (about 60 million tons of HL annually)

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enzymatically treated with laccase. The influences of laccase dosages on the chemical

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structures and properties of the lignin derived fractions, especially their molecular

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weights (Mw) and phenolic hydroxyl (Ph-OH) contents, were comprehensively studied

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to evaluate the possibility of improving the antioxidant activity of lignin. For

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characterization of antioxidant activity of naturally occurring phenolic compounds, the

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method using 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl free radical (DPPH•) as a reactive free

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radical is now recognized as a good one that gives an opportunity to search for radical

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scavenging ability 9. Thus, the in vitro DPPH• scavenging assay was used to evaluate

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the antioxidant activities of the lignin fractions

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antioxidant activity and the structure of lignin was discussed. The antioxidant activities

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of the lignin fractions, some reported natural-occurring and commercial antioxidants

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were also compared. The objective of this study is not only to investigate the effect of

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enzymatic treatment with laccase on lignin’s antioxidant activity but also to obtain

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lignin derivatives with strong antioxidant activity through the green enzymatic

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treatment method.

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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and

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. The relationship between the

Materials and reagents. Alkaline lignin (AL) was obtained from Nanpu Pulp Mill

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(Nanning, China) and HL was purchased from Long Li Biological Technology Co.

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(Shandong, China), which were purified by an acidulation precipitation method 8.

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Guaiacol was purchased from Damao Chemical (Tianjin, China); Laccase (activity: 10

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units per mg) from Aspergillus oryzae was purchased from Xiacheng Co. (Ningxia,

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China); DPPH• and dimethyl sulfoxide-d6 (DMSO-d6) were purchased from

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Sigma-Aldrich

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3-methoxybenzaldehyde, sodium acetate (NaAc), imidazole, phenolphthalein, pyridine,

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3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxytoluene (BHT) and 3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole (BHA)

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were purchased from Macklin Biochemical Co. (Shanghai, China).

(Shanghai,

China).

Folin

Cioulteau

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reagent,

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Enzymatic treatment of lignin with laccase. 1.0 g of AL or HL was dissolved in a

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NaAc buffer solution in a round-bottomed flask at 25 ℃ with continuous stirring, then

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laccase (0.8~1.6 mL) was added for the treatment of lignin under air for 6 h. After the

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reaction completed, diluted sulfuric acid was added into the mixture and stewed

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overnight. The brown precipitate was formed and collected by filtration, washing and

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dried under vacuum at 60 ℃ for 24 h. The enzymatic treated lignin fractions could be

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obtained after finely milled, which were named as, AL fractions: AL-L0.8, AL-L1.2,

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AL-L1.6, and HL fractions: HL-L0.8, HL-L1.0 and HL-L1.2, respectively, in which the

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numbers indicated the dosage of laccase used for treating lignin.

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Characterizations. FTIR (Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy) spectra of the

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lignins were analyzed by Thermo Scientific Nicolet iS50, United States in the range of

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500-4000 cm-1 using a KBr disk containing 1% finely ground samples. The

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number-average (Mn), weight-average (Mw) molecular weights, and polydispersity

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(Mw/Mn) of the lignin fractions were measured with an Agilent 1100 GPC (gel

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permeation chromatography). HPLC-grade tetrahydrofuran was used as solvent and

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eluent. Sodium polystyrene sulfonate was used as a standard sample (Sigma-Aldrich).

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The 1H NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) analysis was carried out on a Bruker

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AVANCE III 600 MHz spectrometer (Switzerland) at 600 MHz. Lignin was acetylated

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before test: 2.0 g of lignin was dissolved in 40 mL of pyridine: acetic anhydride (1:1,

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v/v) solution and stirring for 24 h at room temperature. Then 15 mL of 1.5% HCl was

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added at 0 ℃, and the resulting precipitate was filtered and washed with deionized water

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to neutral. The acetylated lignin was finally dried in a vacuum oven at 50 ℃ overnight.

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For 1H NMR analysis, 20 mg sample was dissolved in DMSO-d6 (0.6 mL, containing

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0.03% Tetramethylsilane (TMS), v/v).

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Measurement of Ph-OH groups’ content. The main functional Ph-OH groups’

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contents in lignin fractions were measured with FC method using Guaiacol as a standard

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according to literature 14. 1 mL of lignin solution (0.5 mg/mL) was mixed with 2 mL of

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the FC reagent (1N) and incubated for 5 min at ambient temperature. Subsequently, 45

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mL of deionized water and 2 mL of a 20% (w/v) sodium carbonate solution was added.

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After

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spectrophotometrically at 760 nm (Uv-vis TU-1880, China). All measurements were

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carried out in triplicate with the relative deviations of AL-L0.8 & AL, and HL-L1.0 >HL-L1.2 >HL-L0.8 >HL,

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respectively, which were in agreement with the increasing order of Ph-OH content and

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decreasing order of Mw of these lignins (Table 1). The earlier reports had revealed that

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the Ph-OH content and Mw of lignin were closely correlated to the antioxidant activity 24,

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and this result confirmed the hypothesis as well. Furthermore, by comparing AL

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fractions with HL fractions, the HL fractions showed lower IC50 values, i.e. higher

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antioxidant activity, than the AL fractions, suggesting the Ph-OH groups played a more

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important role in the antioxidant activity of lignins than the Mw did, since HL fractions

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had higher Mw than AL fractions. It has been believed that the free radical scavenging

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ability of lignin is mainly from its hydrogen donating ability and the stability of the free

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radical intermediate formed during the scavenging reaction

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ability of lignin is primarily from the Ph-OH groups that is why the Ph-OH content

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accounts for the antioxidant activity of lignin. The possible pathways for lignin

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polyphenol reacting with DPPH• were exhibited in SI Figure S3. Lignin polyphenol

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firstly donated a hydrogen from Ph-OH to scavenge one DPPH• molecule (Figure S3a).

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Then the aryl could stabilize the phenoxyl radical (Figure S3b). Next, one DPPH•

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molecule might combine with one aryl radical to form electron pair as indicated in

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Figure S3c. The other possible mechanism involved the stabilization of the phenoxyl

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radical through extended double bonds in the side chain of lignin unit structure (Figure

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S3d, e) 25.

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. The hydrogen donating

Table 2 also quantitatively listed the IC50 values of the commercial BHT and BHA,

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and some reported natural-occurring antioxidant for inhibiting DPPH•. It was noted that

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the DPPH• scavenging ability of AL-L1.2 (IC50= 55.6 µg/mL) was lower than the

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commercial antioxidant BHT (IC50=38.2 µg/mL), whereas close to the BHA (IC50=56.3

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µg/mL). More importantly, the antioxidant activities of all the treated HL fractions, for

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example, HL-L1.0 (IC50= 28.8 µg/mL), were higher than that of both BHA and BHT,

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and other reported antioxidants extracted from biomass. The fact indicated that the

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lignins after treating with laccase could be acted as natural occurring antioxidants in

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medicine, food oils and fats, preventing or delaying the oxidation of oils and fats, and

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avoiding nutrition of food damaging and fading. Moreover, the enzymatic treated lignin

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provided a natural, non-toxic and abundant source for antioxidants as compared with the

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costs and the relatively poor biocompatibility of synthetic antioxidants (including BHA,

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BHT) 26.

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In summary, the enzymatic treatment with laccase proposed in this work successfully

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realized the modification of alkaline lignin and hydrolysis lignin and six lignin fractions

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with different molecular weights and Ph-OH contents were obtained. The further

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analysis of chemical structure demonstrated the aromatic skeleton of the lignins was

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maintained well, with increasing dosage of laccase, the Ph-OH content of lignin

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increased distinctly while the molecular weight decreased. Due to the effects of Ph-OH

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and molecular weight on the antioxidant activity of lignin, the HL-L1.0 showed

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outstanding DPPH• scavenging ability stronger than both of commercial BHT and BHA,

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which indicated its promising application as natural occurring antioxidants.

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Consequently, this research suggested that enzymatic treatment of lignin could achieve a

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remarkable improvement in antioxidant performance and further provide the potential

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for value-added applications of lignin biopolymers in antioxidants.

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Supporting Information

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The Supporting Information is available free of charge on the ACS publications website.

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Corresponding author

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*E-mail: [email protected] (Z Li); [email protected] (Y Ge).

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.

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Figure 1. FTIR spectra of the enzymatic treated lignin fractions.

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Figure 2. 1H NMR spectra of the enzymatic treated lignin fractions.

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Figure 3. Proposed interaction mechanism of lignin with laccase.

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Figure 4. DPPH• free radical scavenging ability of the lignin fractions and BHA, BHT

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Table 1. Molecular weight and functional groups contents of lignin fractions. Lignin fraction

Mw (Da)

Mn (Da)

Mw/Mn

Ph-OH (mmol/g)

AL

1400

1000

1.4

0.51±0.02

AL-L0.8

1300

1000

1.3

1.28±0.06

AL-L1.2

1300

900

1.4

1.39±0.05

AL-L1.6

1100

900

1.2

1.33±0.07

HL

2400

1400

1.7

1.81±0.08

HL-L0.8

1900

1200

1.6

1.93±0.09

HL-L1.0

1500

1200

1.3

1.96±0.08

HL-L1.2

1400

1100

1.3

1.95±0.09

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Table 2. Comparison of IC50 values of the lignin fractions with BHA, BHT and some

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reported antioxidants. Samples

IC50 (µg/mL)

Ref

AL

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This work

AL-L1.2

55.6

This work

AL-L1.6

58.9

This work

HL

59.9

This work

HL-L0.8

34.3

This work

HL-L1.0

28.8

This work

HL-L1.2

31.6

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BHA

56.3

This work

BHT

38.2

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Tocopherol

380.0

2

Astragalus honey

123.5

27

Clover honey

98.2

27

G. lucidum polysaccharide

100.0

28

Kiwifruit extract

83.4

29

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The enzyme treatment of lignin with laccase provides a strategy to enhance its

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