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Table 3 Yields of monolignol derivatives (w/w, μg/mg) a of untreated and biopretreated cellulosic samples, obtained from 4N NaOH extraction at 170°C

From: Structural evaluation and bioethanol production by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation with biodegraded triploid poplar

Samplesb

C 0

C 4

C 8

C 12

C 16

p-hydroxybenzoic acid

3.29

2.62

2.12

1.77

1.68

p-hydroxybenzaldehyde

0.27

0.09

0.05

0.07

0.09

vanillic acid

1.32

1.30

1.14

1.05

1.06

syringic acid

1.27

1.27

1.02

1.03

1.08

vanillin

9.47

8.38

8.41

8.04

7.94

syringaldehyde

15.01

14.30

16.22

14.58

14.37

acetovanilline

0.76

0.82

1.02

0.62

0.51

acetosyringone

1.80

1.59

0.99

1.04

1.06

Total

33.20

30.38

30.98

28.18

27.79

  1. aThe standard deviations are less than 5%; bCorresponding to the cellulosic residues in Table 1.