Skip to main content

Table 2 Chemical composition/molecular weights of lignin fractions from ethanol organosolv-pretreated wood sawdust

From: New strategy to elucidate the positive effects of extractable lignin on enzymatic hydrolysis by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation

Lignin

Chemical composition (%)

Molecular weight

AIL

Glucan

Hemicellulose

M w

M n

Mw/Mn

MWL-25

95.50 ± 0.17

0.62 ± 0.10

0.23 ± 0.01

6969

4932

1.41

MWL- 50

95.67 ± 0.67

0.62 ± 0.07

0.33 ± 0.13

8332

5028

1.66

EL-25

89.50 ± 2.16

1.50 ± 0.09

0.95 ± 0.02

1665

1240

1.34

EL-50

90.00 ± 2.00

1.21 ± 0.01

1.12 ± 0.12

1902

1330

1.43

  1. aAIL refers to the acid-insoluble lignin