Table 1 Biomass composition of pretreated sugar cane bagasse

Untreated^*

33.2

24.0

21.3

12.6

70

H₂SO₄ and steam explosion^*

55.1

36.1

-

8.6

83

NaOH and steam explosion^*

68.7

6.8

21.1

3.0

85

Glycerol/HCl and steam explosion^*

57.0

25.7

-

12.9

82

Untreated (depithed)

42.8

26.3

27.2

5.1

74

Acidified EC/EG

77.0

6.1

8.9

-

78

BMIMCl

43.1

27.8

20.9

0.8

35

Ball-milling

42.7

26.9

24.1

1.2

14