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Table 1 Composition of plant materials

From: Factors contributing to the recalcitrance of herbaceous dicotyledons (forbs) to enzymatic deconstruction

 

Protein

Glc

Xyl

Gal

Ara + Manb

Sucrose

Starch

Free Glc

Total neutral sugars

Goldenrod (GR)

10.3 ± 1.1

214.5 ± 2.7

47.4 ± 0.7

11.7 ± 2.2

18.3 ± 0.3

38.3 ± 2.5

6.0 ± 1.0

13.8 ± 1.7

350

Lamb’s quarters (LQ)

18.7 ± 7.3

161.6 ± 1.7

22.3 ± 0.3

13.7 ± 1.1

23.4 ± 0.6

46.0 ± 3.6

25.6 ± 1.1

33.4 ± 3.5

356

Milkweed (MW)

12.6 ± 7.9

201.8 ± 7.6

26.8 ± 1.2

21.2 ± 1.2

14.9 ± 0.5

67.8 ± 3.4

10.9 ± 1.2

24.6 ± 1.3

368

Queen Anne’s lace (QA)

12.7 ± 1.2

230.0 ± 18.6

48.7 ± 2.0

13.2 ± 2.0

18.7 ± 0.5

31.2 ± 4.0

4.5 ± 1.3

17.6 ± 1.5

364

Corn stovera (CS)

4.0 ± 0.7

391.5 ± 0.4

194.7 ± 10.9

9.4 ± 2.3

33.3 ± 5.3

11.5 ± 0.4

11.8 ± 0.8

16.0 ± 1.8

668

  1. aCS data are from [19, 23].
  2. bThe HPLC method did not resolve Ara and Man.
  3. Materials were dried but unwashed before analysis, and therefore the values include contributions from non-cell wall components such as starch, glycosides, sucrose, and free Glc. All values are mg/g dry weight ± 1 SD (n = 3).
  4. Ara, arabinose; Gal, galactose; Glc, glucose; Man, mannose; Xyl, xylose.