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Table 3 Cellulose yield, glucan digestibility and glucose yield of pretreated MCC

From: Glycerol carbonate as green solvent for pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse

Solvent type

AC:AG

Cellulose yield (%)

72 h glucan digestibility (%)

Total glucose yield (%)

GC:glycerol

1:0

87.0±1.4

76.0±2.9

66.1±2.5

4:1

91.4±3.6

75.3±2.7

68.8±2.5

0:1

93.0±0.9

83.2±1.3

77.4±1.2

EC:EG

1:0

89.2±2.1

60.1±2.0

53.6±1.8

4:1

91.1±2.6

74.1±1.3

67.5±1.2

0:1

92.9±2.6

81.0±0.6

75.3±0.6

Untreated MCC

100.0

72.2±0.5

72.2±0.5