Studies On Citric Acid Fermentation Using Annona Squamosa And Its Peel With Effect Of Alcohols As A Stimulant

Citric acid is one of the most important bulk produced organic acids. In the present study more focus is on the economical grounds of citric acid production for which, Annona squamosa and its peel were selected as a substrates Annona squamosa’s peel, which is a waste can be used for the production as a substrate. Aspergillus niger MTCC 281 culture was used as a source of organisms, peels which are dumped indiscriminately after extracting the edible portion and this uncontrolled activity leads to environmental pollution with is the resultant of health hazard to the populace. So, these municipal wastes were considered for the citric acid production. The production of citric acid using fruit peels were compared with the production using the fruits, which are in turn considered as a rich carbohydrate source. The whole productions i.e. fruit yield and fruit peel yield were compared with citric acid yield from Sucrose as a source of substrate. Effects of different alcohols (Methanol, Ethanol and Butanol) were checked on the rate of production at different concentrations.