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Table 7 Raw material composition of adopted Arundo donax

From: Autohydrolysis pretreatment of Arundo donax: a comparison between microwave-assisted batch and fast heating rate flow-through reaction systems

Component

Dry matter (% w/w)

Biopolymers (% w/w)

Glucan

36.3 ± 3.0

Cellulose

36.3 ± 3.0

Xylan

28.2 ± 2.0

Hemicellulose

30.0 ± 2.1

Arabinan

1.8 ± 0.1

Klason lignin

26.3 ± 1.8

Lignin

28.5 ± 2.0

Acid-soluble lignin

2.2 ± 0.2

Ash

2.4 ± 0.1

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