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Table 2 Water soluble carbohydrates (WSC) and organic acids in the H 2 O extracts of dry grass and grass silage

From: Ensiling and hydrothermal pretreatment of grass: consequences for enzymatic biomass conversion and total monosaccharide yields

Biomass

Grass

Grass silage

 

(w/w)% of DM

(w/w)% of DM

Glucose

1.68a ± 0.03

0.32b ± 0.01

Xylose

0.80a ± 0.01

0.00b ± 0.00

Galactose

0.78a ± 0.01

0.00b ± 0.00

Arabinose

0.59a ± 0.00

0.00b ± 0.00

Fructose

1.67a ± 0.12

0.19b ± 0.00

Total WSC

5.52

0.51

Lactic acid

0.10b ± 0.06

6.53a ± 0.30

Formic acid

0.00a ± 0.00

0.00a ± 0.00

Acetic acid

0.19b ± 0.09

1.73a ± 0.08

Propionic acid

0.01a ± 0.01

0.04a ± 0.00

Total organic acids

0.30

8.30

  1. Numbers are presented as weight percentages of biomass DM, followed by standard deviations (a and b). The results in each row are grouped according to significance (P <0.05%), where a is significantly higher thanb (similar superscript letters indicate no statistically significant difference). DM, dry matter; HTT, hydrothermal treatment; WSC, water soluble carbohydrates.