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Table 1 Composition of pretreated biomass feedstocks and their resulting isolated lignin-rich residues

From: Lignin from hydrothermally pretreated grass biomass retards enzymatic cellulose degradation by acting as a physical barrier rather than by inducing nonproductive adsorption of enzymes

Biomass—log R 0

Pretreated biomass feedstocks

Lignin-rich residues

Glucan

Xylan

Lignin1

Glucan

Xylan

Lignin1

(% w/w DM)

CS—3.65

55.5 ± 3.1ab

14.7 ± 0.8a

23.8 ± 2.3cd

20.9 ± 0.5b

5.4 ± 0.2a

60.4 ± 1.3f

CS—3.83

55.7 ± 1.3ab

11.2 ± 0.5b

22.4 ± 0.8d

14.5 ± 0.1d

3.2 ± 0.1bc

75.4 ± 0.9de

CS—3.97

61.2 ± 1.1a

6.4 ± 0.1e

19.9 ± 3.9d

7.2 ± 0.2f

1.6 ± 0.0e

79.5 ± 1.6bc

MS—3.65

53.6 ± 2.6b

11.3 ± 0.4b

32.5 ± 2.1ab

33.9 ± 0.7a

5.7 ± 0.1a

58.5 ± 0.7f

MS—3.83

54.7 ± 2.8ab

7.8 ± 0.6d

32.2 ± 0.5ab

18.9 ± 0.6c

3.0 ± 0.1c

73.1 ± 0.8e

MS—3.97

55.9 ± 2.1ab

4.5 ± 0.2f

35.6 ± 0.3a

11.7 ± 0.5e

1.4 ± 0.0e

81.9 ± 0.3b

WS—3.65

54.8 ± 0.6ab

14.7 ± 0.0a

29.3 ± 0.7bc

13.7 ± 0.6d

3.4 ± 0.1b

77.7 ± 0.7cd

WS—3.83

58.2 ± 4.7ab

9.8 ± 0.4c

30.8 ± 0.7ab

7.9 ± 0.0f

2.0 ± 0.0d

86.2 ± 0.1a

WS—3.97

61.2 ± 2.5a

6.5 ± 0.2e

30.3 ± 1.1b

5.3 ± 0.1g

1.1 ± 0.0f

87.8 ± 1.0a

  1. Results are average and standard deviation of triplicate measurements
  2. CS corn stover, MS Miscanthus × giganteus stalks, WS wheat straw
  3. Different letters indicate significant statistical difference based on ANOVA (P ≤ 0.05)
  4. 1Based on acid insoluble lignin (AIL) and acid soluble lignin (ASL) contents