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Table 2 Physical and chemical compositions of four components in SRC poplar and SRF poplar

From: Can we use short rotation coppice poplar for sugar based biorefinery feedstock? Bioconversion of 2-year-old poplar grown as short rotation coppice

 

Physical composition (%)

Chemical composition (%)

Arabinan

Galactan

Glucan

Xylan

Mannan

Total sugar

Total phenolics

Acetic acid

Ash

Extractives

WTC

 Leaf

37

2.9 ± 0.1

2.3 ± 0.1

13.1 ± 0.6

3.9 ± 0.2

0.6 ± 0.1

22.7 ± 0.1

39.8 ± 0.1

2.3 ± 0.3

10.5 ± 0.1

27.6 ± 1.3

 Bark

9

4.0 ± 0.1

2.1 ± 0.1

24.4 ± 0.1

4.1 ± 0.1

0.6 ± 0.1

35.2 ± 0.1

32.9 ± 0.3

2.6 ± 0.2

6.9 ± 0.2

27.7 ± 0.5

 Branch

12

2.9 ± 0.1

1.8 ± 0.1

23.9 ± 0.1

7.2 ± 0.4

0.9 ± 0.1

36.8 ± 0.1

29.2 ± 0.4

3.4 ± 0.2

5.7 ± 0.1

21.9 ± 0.9

 Chip

42

0.5 ± 0.1

0.7 ± 0.1

38.5 ± 0.3

14.3 ± 0.1

1.8 ± 0.2

55.8 ± 0.2

24.2 ± 0.2

4.4 ± 0.3

1.3 ± 0.1

12.3 ± 0.4

WWF

N/A

0.4 ± 0.0

0.4 ± 0.1

46.5 ± 0.9

13.1 ± 0.2

2.6 ± 0.1

63.0 ± 0.4

25.3 ± 0.2

1.2 ± 0.1

0.7 ± 0.1

5.2 ± 0.4

  1. ± All data are represented as the mean of triplicates with standard deviation