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Table 3 Chemical composition of corn stover

From: Alkaline twin-screw extrusion pretreatment for fermentable sugar production

Component

Content (%)

Glucan

34.8

Xylan

19.0

Arabinan

1.9

Galactan

1.7

Acid-insoluble lignin

21.0

Ash

2.4

Extractivesa

17.4

  1. a water soluble and ethanol soluble material.