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Table 1 Sugar and lignin analysis of milled, air-dried rice husk and rice straw

From: Optimising conditions for bioethanol production from rice husk and rice straw: effects of pre-treatment on liquor composition and fermentation inhibitors

Components

Rice husk (~ %DW)

Rice straw (~ %DW)

Rhamnose

0.23 ± 0.01

0.25 ± 0.01

Fucose

0.05 ± 0.00

0.06 ± 0.01

Arabinose

2.58 ± 0.03

3.94 ± 0.15

Xylose

19.66 ± 0.46

22.93 ± 0.32

Mannose

0.44 ± 0.26

0.30 ± 0.02

Galactose

1.28 ± 0.09

1.40 ± 0.05

Glucose

36.83 ± 0.21

38.66 ± 0.65

Lignin

35.33 ± 1.02

22.13 ± 1.17

  1. The contents of compounds have been calculated to percentage based on the dry weight of rice husk and rice straw. Data were collected and calculated from triplicate analyses