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Table 1 Fiber composition of pretreated arundo and spruce

From: Torque measurements reveal large process differences between materials during high solid enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreated lignocellulose

Arundo (% of WIS)

Spruce (% of WIS)

Glucan

50.2%

Glucan

42.9%

Mannan

n.d.*

Mannan

n.d.

Galactan

n.d.

Galactan

n.d.

Xylan

6.4%

Xylan

n.d.

Arabinan

n.d.

Arabinan

n.d.

Lignin

36.8%

Lignin

46.0%

  1. The WIS content was measured to 36.5% and 12.7% respectively. (* n.d. = not detected, i.e. below the sensitivity of the instrument).