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Table 1 Chemical composition of raw and pretreated wheat leaves and stems

From: Enzyme affinity to cell types in wheat straw (Triticum aestivum L.) before and after hydrothermal pretreatment

 

Glucan

Xylan

Arabinan

Galactan

Lignin

Ash

Mass balance

Raw

Leaves

40.0 ± 0.8

14.3 ± 1.0

2.9 ± 1.0

1.3 ± 0.2

18.4 ± 1.0

7.4 ± 0.0

84.2

Stems

42.3 ± 0.1

20.1 ± 0.7

3.0 ± 0.0

0.9 ± 0.0

22.4 ± 2.5

5.1 ± 0.1

93.8

Pretreated

Leaves

57.2 ± 1.9

11.7 ± 0.3

0.5 ± 0.0

0.3 ± 0.0

24.7 ± 0.7

4.7 ± 0.8

100.5

Stems

59.1 ± 1.3

14.4 ± 0.8

0.5 ± 0.1

0.1 ± 0.0

21.1 ± 1.2

1.2 ± 0.2

96.4

Inbicona

*56.4 ± 0.7

*6.5 ± 0.5

n.d.

n.d.

29.6 ± 0.5

2.9 ± 0.2

95.3

  1. aSeverity factor = 4.02.
  2. *Glucan/xylan content for Inbicon pretreated wheat straw at SF = 3.54 and 3.72 were 49.3/12.3 and 51.7/7.7, respectively.
  3. Values are averages in % ± stdev. (n = 3).
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Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

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