杜米斯克还在研究其它方法，试图将其它糖份甚至复杂的碳水化合物转化成羟甲基糠醛或其它化学中间体。
Dumesic is also exploring methods to convert other sugars and even more complex carbohydrates into HMF and other chemical intermediates.
尽管从脂肪(甚至食用油)而不是糖分中，提取出的生物柴油已经成为媒体关注的焦点，但是杜米斯克表示，两种加工过程具有类似的环境与经济优点。
Although the biodiesel that has made headlines lately is made from a fat (even used cooking oil), not a sugar, both processes have similar environmental and economic benefits, Dumesic says.
虽然其他研究者之前曾经将果糖转化成为羟甲基糠醛，但是杜米斯克的研究小组进行了一系列改进，提高了羟甲基糠醛的产出量，并且其中提取过程更加简单。
Although other researchers had previously converted fructose into HMF, Dumesic's research group made a series of improvements that raised the HMF output, and also made the HMF easier to extract.
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