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Table 1 Chemical composition of untreated and preprocessed poplar biomasses

From: Removal of non-structural components from poplar whole-tree chips to enhance hydrolysis and fermentation performance

 

Glucan (%)

Xylan (%)

Total sugars* (%)

Total lignin (%)

Acetic acid (%)

Total ash (%)

Extractives (%)

Untreated1

40.8 ± 1.5a

14.0 ± 1.2a

58.3 ± 2.5a

25.8 ± 1.1a

5.5 ± 0.6a

2.0 ± 0.1a

10.6 ± 1.3a

Neutral2

40.5 ± 0.8a

15.1 ± 0.3a

59.4 ± 1.1a

26.2 ± 0.2a

5.6 ± 0.3a

1.5 ± 0.1b

5.2 ± 0.6b

Acidic-neutral3

40.8 ± 1.3a

15.8 ± 0.7b

59.9 ± 2.1a

26.6 ± 1.5a

4.9 ± 0.8a

0.8 ± 0.1c

6.1 ± 2.3b

Acidic4

42.8 ± 2.1a

13.1 ± 0.6c

58.8 ± 2.9a

28.6 ± 1.4a

4.7 ± 0.0a

0.6 ± 0.2c

n.a

  1. Data represented as the mean of triplicate measurements with standard deviation, extractives as duplicates. Different letters indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) within in each column by Tukey’s test
  2. * Total sugars include glucan, xylan, arabinan, galactan, and mannan
  3. 1Untreated: unwashed biomass prior to pretreatment
  4. 2Neutral: biomass washed with water prior to pretreatment
  5. 3Acidic-neutral: biomass treated with dilute acid and then washed with water prior to pretreatment
  6. 4Acidic: biomass treated with dilute acid prior to pretreatment