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Table 6 Enzymatic hydrolysis xylanase loading in terms of xylan content of each fraction.

From: Optimizing harvest of corn stover fractions based on overall sugar yields following ammonia fiber expansion pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis

  

Xylanase loading

Xylanase activity

Corn stover fraction

mg xylanase g-1 xylan

OSX* g-1 xylan

Early

Leaves

4.78

2891

 

Stem

5.73

3456

Late

Leaves

5.03

3030

 

Stem

4.97

2997

 

Husk

4.57

2754

 

Cob

2.64

1593

  1. *Oat spelt xylan, based on activity numbers from Dien et al. (Ref [25])