Lidae tsa sebabolee bile teng ka lilemo tse fetang lekholo.Lidae tsa pele tsa sebabole li ile tsa hlahisoa ke Croissant le Bretonniere ka 1873. Ba ile ba sebelisa thepa e nang le likhoele tsa tlhaho, tse kang lithapo tsa lehong, humus, bran, litšila tsa k’hothone, le litšila Pampiri joalo-joalo, tse fumanoang ka ho futhumatsa alkali sulfide le polysulfide alkali.Dae ena ea 'mala o lefifi le e nkhang hampe ea hygroscopic e na le sebopeho se sa tsitsang ka har'a bateng ea alkali mme e qhibiliha habonolo metsing.Ha k'hothone e dauoa ka bateng ea alkali le sebateng sa sebabole, ho ka fumanoa lidae tse tala.Ha e pepesehile moeeng kapa ka lik'hemik'hale tse nang le oxidized ka tharollo ea dichromate bakeng sa ho lokisa mebala, lesela la k'hothone le ka fetoha le sootho.Kaha lidae tsena li na le mekhoa e metle ea ho daea le theko e tlase, li ka sebelisoa indastering ea ho daea k'hothone.
Ka 1893, R. Vikal o ile a qhibilihisa p-aminophenol ka sodium sulfide le sebabole ho hlahisa lidae tse ntšo tsa sebabole.O ile a boela a fumana hore eutectic ea lintho tse itseng tse nkiloeng ho benzene le naphthalene tse nang le sebabole le sodium sulfide e ka hlahisa mefuta e sa tšoaneng ea lidae tse ntšo tsa sebabole.Ho tloha ka nako eo, batho ba entse lidae tse boputsoa ba sebabole, lidae tse khubelu tsa Sebabole le lidae tse tala tsa sebabole motheong ona.Ka nako e ts'oanang, mokhoa oa ho lokisa le mokhoa oa ho daea le oona o ntlafalitsoe haholo.Lidae tsa sebabole tse qhibilihang ka metsing, lidae tsa sebabole tse metsi le lidae tsa sebabole tse baballang tikoloho li hlahile ka ho latellana, ho etsa hore lidae tsa sebabole li hlahisoe ka matla.
Lidae tsa sebabole ke e 'ngoe ea lidae tse sebelisoang haholo.Ho ea ka litlaleho, tlhahiso ea lefatše ea lidae tsa sebabole e fihla ho lithane tse likete tse makholo, ’me mofuta oa bohlokoahali ke o motšo oa sebabole.Sephetho sa botšo ba sebabole se etsa 75% -85% ea kakaretso ea lidae tsa sebabole.Ka lebaka la mokhoa o bonolo oa ho kopanya, theko e tlaase, lebelo le letle, le ho se be le kankere, e ratoa ke bahlahisi ba fapaneng ba khatiso le ho daea.E sebelisoa haholo ho daea k'hothone le likhoele tse ling tsa cellulose, 'me letoto le letšo le leputsoa ke lona le sebelisoang haholo.