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Table 3 Cellulose- and lignin-related properties of native and pretreated biomass

From: Understanding the structural and chemical changes of plant biomass following steam explosion pretreatment

Substrate

Pretreatment severity (CSF)

LOI

HBI

CLL

A 1423/A 897

A 3400/A 1323

A 1508/A 1600

Miscanthus × giganteus

Untreated

0.74 ± 0.03

15.5 ± 0.7

1.64 ± 0.03

2.0

0.79 ± 0.01

16.7 ± 0.3

2.01 ± 0.02

2.6

0.94 ± 0.03

18.0 ± 0.3

2.51 ± 0.08

2.7

0.89 ± 0.03

18.6 ± 0.3

2.48 ± 0.07

2.8

0.94 ± 0.04

18.6 ± 0.7

2.38 ± 0.09

Poplar

Untreated

1.77 ± 0.04

11.9 ± 0.1

1.32 ± 0.04

2.0

1.43 ± 0.04

10.7 ± 0.2

1.28 ± 0.01

2.6

1.44 ± 0.02

11.1 ± 0.3

1.38 ± 0.03

2.8

1.44 ± 0.06

11.1 ± 0.4

1.35 ± 0.01

Wheat straw

Untreated

0.78 ± 0.03

20.9 ± 0.7

0.91 ± 0.03

2.0

0.80 ± 0.03

25.5 ± 0.6

2.35 ± 0.52

2.6

0.83 ± 0.03

23.7 ± 0.4

2.94 ± 0.23

2.7

0.87 ± 0.02

24.6 ± 0.4

2.23 ± 0.19

2.8

0.90 ± 0.01

23.5 ± 0.6

2.28 ± 0.09

  1. LOI lateral order index, HBI hydrogen bond intensity, CLL cross-linked lignin
  2. All the values are expressed as mean ± SD of triplicate