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Table 1 Compositions of untreated corn stover and steam-exploded corn stover and degradation products in steam-exploded liquor

From: Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of steam-exploded corn stover at high glucan loading and high temperature

UCS (% of dry weight)

SECS (% of dry weight)

DPs in SEL (g/L)

Glucan

31.7 (1.1)

Glucan

59.0 (1.2)

Formic acid

2.3 (0.2)

Xylan

17.1 (0.7)

Xylan

8.5 (0.9)

Acetic acid

2.7 (0.3)

Acetyl

2.90 (0.1)

Acetyl

0

HMF

0.7 (0.1)

Lignin

12.6 (0.6)

Lignin

23.1 (1.5)

Furfural

1.0 (0.2)

  1. DPs, Degradation products; HMF, 5-hydroxymethyl furfural; SECS, Steam-exploded corn stover; SEL, Steam-exploded liquor; UCS, Untreated corn stover. Standard deviations are shown in parentheses.