Implementation of linseed oil cake through solid state fermentation by Non-Starch Polysaccharides

Cellulose and hemicellulose are the most common Non- Starch Polysaccharides present in plant ingredients that exhibit anti-nutritional effect. The degradation of cellulosehave been investigated under solid state fermentation using oil cakes, groundnut oil cake, mustard oil cake, sunflower oil cake, sesame oil cake and linseed oil cake as substrates.Further research has investigated about the sustainable utilization of SSF processed LOC to set up a strategy for sustainable utilization of low cost oil cakes as animal feed ingredients.

Oil-cakes are the by-products obtained after oil extraction from the seeds. Being rich in protein, oil-cakes are frequently can be used as animal feed ingredients, especially for ruminants and fish. However, beside deficiencies in some of the essential amino acids, the direct incorporation of oil-cakes in animal feed has been restrained by the presence of antinutritional factors (ANFs), majority of which are polyphenols, trypsin inhibitors, phytic acid and Non-Starch Polysaccharides (NSPs). NSPs comprise up to 90% of the plant cell wall, wherein cellulose, hemicellulose and pectin are the most abundant. Xylan is considered as the major structural component of plant cell wall and the most abundant copious renewable hemicellulose.