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Table 5 Composition analysis of the sweet sorghum stalk

From: A novel cost-effective technology to convert sucrose and homocelluloses in sweet sorghum stalks into ethanol

Component

Wet biomass %

Dry biomass %

Sugar

14.03 ± 0.22

50.10 ± 0.78

Glucan

4.94 ± 0.05

17.64 ± 0.18

Xylan

3.38 ± 0.04

12.07 ± 0.14

Acid soluble lignin

0.91 ± 0.01

3.26 ± 0.05

Insoluble lignin

1.84 ± 0.01

6.56 ± 0.04

Ash

0.09 ± 0.00

0.33 ± 0.02

Others

2.88

10.37

  1. The moisture of the sweet sorghum stalk is 72%. All data are shown as mean ± SD.
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Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

ISSN: 2731-3654

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