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Table 4 Percentage of sugar released by enzymatic saccharification

From: Down-regulation of p-coumaroyl quinate/shikimate 3′-hydroxylase (C3′H) and cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) genes in the lignin biosynthetic pathway of Eucalyptus urophylla × E. grandis leads to improved sugar release

Sample

No pretreatment

Hydrothermal pretreatment

% Glucose

% Xylose

% Total

% Glucose

% Xylose

% Total

Control a

3

1

3

72

97

78

Control b

1

2

1

73

108

82

Control avg

2

1

2

73

102

80

C3′H 105

11

9

11

89

111

95

C3′H 106a

17

11

15

86

106

92

C3′H 106b

16

13

15

86

110

92

C3′H 113a

16

11

14

87

109

93

C3′H 113b

16

13

15

90

110

96

C3′H 114

29

25

28

82

97

87

C3′H avg

18*

14*

16*

87*

107

93*

C4H 73a

30

21

28

82

103

88

C4H 73b

18

14

17

94

113

99

C4H 91

12

9

11

88

107

93

C4H 92

15

11

14

89

103

93

C4H 93

26

17

23

94

105

97

C4H 96

23

16

21

96

103

98

C4H 98

22

12

19

84

96

87

C4H 99a

30

22

28

98

111

102

C4H 99b

28

23

26

93

109

98

C4H avg

23*

16*

21*

91*

106

95*

  1. * Indicates significant difference from the control average at the p value <0.05 level