Table 1 Chemical composition of sugar cane clones hybrid 58 (H58) and reference cultivar (RC)

Glucose

53.0 ± 0.9

46.9 ± 0.7

49.2 ± 0.6

42.6 ± 0.1

Xylose

16.2 ± 0.4

19.9 ± 0.3

15.3 ± 0.2

18.2 ± 0.2

Arabinose

1.5 ± 0.1 (10.5)*

1.5 ± 0.1 (13.3)*

1.5 ± 0.0 (10.2)*

1.3 ± 0.1 (13.7)*

Acetyl groups

2.8 ± 0.1 (1.9)**

3.9 ± 0.1 (1.7)**

2.4 ± 0.2 (2.0)**

3.1 ± 0.0 (1.9)**

Lignin

12.6 ± 0.3

15.5 ± 0.3

17.2 ± 0.2

22.1 ± 0.3

Feruloyl groups

ester

0.34 ± 0.05

0.34 ± 0.05

0.47 ± 0.05

0.49 ± 0.08

ester and ether

0.91 ± 0.08

0.86 ± 0.17

1.41 ± 0.12

1.55 ± 0.11

p -Coumaroyl groups

ester

0.84 ± 0.09

1.02 ± 0.22

1.39 ± 0.17

1.93 ± 0.43

ester and ether

3.29 ± 0.22

3.65 ± 0.39

5.06 ± 0.67

7.83 ± 0.73