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Table 1 Composition of hydrolysates (mg per gram sample, mg g−1) after the microwave-assisted hydrothermal pretreatment

From: Functional relationship of furfural yields and the hemicellulose-derived sugars in the hydrolysates from corncob by microwave-assisted hydrothermal pretreatment

Temp. (°C)

Time (min)

pH

Glucose

Xylose

Arabinose

FA

AA

FF

HMF

Oligosaccharide (DP ≤ 6)

EPH

Xylose content

X2

X3

X4

X5

X6

120

0

5.63

3.14

3.23

0.00

0.00

0.79

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

3.23

120

30

5.29

3.12

3.51

1.07

0.00

1.23

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

3.51

120

60

5.25

3.01

3.52

1.16

0.00

2.03

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

3.52

120

90

5.23

2.96

3.54

2.85

0.30

2.77

0.00

0.00

0.66

0.31

0.14

0.33

0.14

21.60

8.82

120

120

5.23

2.93

3.58

3.64

0.33

3.27

0.00

0.00

3.17

2.20

0.26

0.44

0.34

22.90

21.82

140

0

4.63

2.96

3.29

0.34

0.00

1.28

0.00

0.00

0.48

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

4.25

140

30

4.21

2.79

3.77

5.31

0.28

3.10

0.00

0.00

1.11

0.28

0.52

1.03

0.76

76.90

18.62

140

60

4.04

2.78

6.91

7.24

0.51

6.92

0.73

0.00

3.07

2.79

2.23

3.31

1.06

118.00

53.24

140

90

3.88

2.66

10.30

8.23

0.64

8.54

1.56

0.00

6.07

6.11

4.40

2.30

2.29

90.20

83.62

140

120

3.85

1.46

11.87

8.97

0.67

9.92

1.59

0.00

8.87

9.35

7.02

4.60

3.02

72.90

126.85

160

0

4.38

1.75

3.42

3.75

0.25

2.57

0.22

0.00

0.59

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.69

55.60

8.73

160

30

3.70

1.04

18.45

9.72

0.93

8.02

2.73

0.00

14.30

13.05

13.75

3.53

3.76

39.00

181.38

160

60

3.58

2.04

59.21

6.89

1.53

18.30

11.60

1.14

14.69

22.29

15.56

7.78

3.16

0.00

272.06

160

90

3.44

2.81

99.94

6.45

2.13

24.77

26.43

1.71

5.72

19.72

5.86

3.47

2.87

0.00

228.54

160

120

3.40

7.40

81.00

6.43

4.61

33.20

30.80

1.80

4.95

3.22

2.08

3.83

2.99

0.00

146.00

180

0

3.91

1.79

11.23

6.44

0.55

7.01

1.17

0.00

5.13

5.44

3.95

0.47

1.18

114.00

66.82

180

5

3.82

1.60

19.15

7.28

0.62

9.99

3.18

0.00

13.38

13.40

8.20

5.88

3.69

72.10

170.44

180

10

3.65

2.06

22.51

12.91

1.72

12.89

4.35

0.00

16.00

17.52

16.23

7.18

4.38

28.40

234.19

180

15

3.64

2.19

31.07

13.27

1.95

14.08

7.05

1.80

20.89

19.04

16.78

7.25

3.10

0.00

251.96

180

30

3.62

7.39

65.78

4.51

4.40

29.64

27.28

2.36

5.96

19.21

4.72

8.84

2.27

0.00

211.97

  1. Reaction conditions: 2.0 g of corncob in 20 mL of DI water was subjected to microwave heating (600 W)
  2. FA formic acid, AA acetic acid, FF furfural, HMF 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, EPH ethanol-precipitated hemicelluloses, Xylose content the total xylose in monosugar and oligosaccharide (DP ≤ 6)