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Table 1 Monomer sugars washed from termite-chewed softwood and undigested control.

From: Advanced biorefinery in lower termite-effect of combined pretreatment during the chewing process

Sugar

Undigested softwood (× 10-8, g/g)

Termite-chewed softwood (× 10-8, g/g)

Fucose

NA

5.35 ± 0.08

Arabinose

25.40 ± 0.6a

8.49 ± 0.02

Galactose

1.27 ± 0.01

2.14 ± 0.03

Glucose

15.23 ± 0.07

177.84 ± 1.09

Xylose/Mannose

0.88 ± 0.02

10.17 ± 0.11

Fructose

NA

1.71 ± 0.00

Total

42.78

205.71

  1. aMean of three replicate analyses. NA: not applicable.