RT Journal Article
T1 Evaluation of toxic effect of monoterpene compounds on anaerobic digestion
A1 Trujillo Reyes, Ángeles
A1 Pérez Rubio, Ana Gracia
A1 González Cuéllar, Sofía
A1 Serrano, Antonio
A1 Cubero Cardoso, Juan
A1 Jeison, David
A1 González Fermoso, Fernando
AB Monoterpenes are antimicrobial compounds widely distributed in vegetable biomass, whose inhibitory potential for anaerobic digestion is underestimated. In this research, the toxic effect of limonene and fenchone, two of the main monoterpenes present in vegetable biomasses, and those of 4-terpineol, α-terpineol, and p-cymene, compounds described as main metabolites of limonene degradation, have been assessed. Methane production was totally inhibited at dosed of 1000 mg L−1 of fenchone and limonene and at 600 mg L−1 of p-cymene and 4-terpineol. Based on the methane production rate, the inhibition followed the next trend: α-terpineol < < fenchone < limonene ≈ p-cymene < 4-terpineol. Regardless of dosed concentration, monoterpenes were mostly degraded at the end of the experiment (>85%), except p-cymene at 600 mg L−1. Therefore, monoterpenes could entail a high risk of inhibition that can be aggravated by the difficulty to accurately follow their concentration and by the scarce information on their effect on anaerobic process.
PB Elsevier
SN 2213-3437 (electrónica)
YR 2024
FD 2024-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23707
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/23707
LA eng
NO Trujillo-Reyes, Á., Pérez, A. G., Cuéllar, S. G., Serrano, A., Cubero-Cardoso, J., Jeison, D., & Fermoso, F. G. (2024). Evaluation of toxic effect of monoterpene compounds on anaerobic digestion. In Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Vol. 12, Issue 2, p. 112035). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.112035
NO Dra. Angeles Trujillo-Reyes acknowledges to the Pablo de Olavide University and the Santander Bank for her mobility grant to the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile. Dr. Juan Cubero-Cardoso wants to thank Next Generation European Funds and the Ministry of Universities of Spain for funding the Recualificación del ProfesoradoUniversitario system. Dr. Antonio Serrano is grateful to the Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge, and Universities Department of the Andalucía Autonomous Government for his Emergia fellowship (EMERGIA20_00114). Dr. David Jeison acknowledges the support provided by CRHIAM centre (ANID/FONDAP/15130015). Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Granada / CBUA.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 30 may 2026