Table 3 Summary of representative xylose productions from different lignocellulosic materials

Chemical method

 Corn stover

Dilute acid hydrolysis

73.5 ± 1.5

[30]

 Miscanthus

Weak-acid surface sites

74.1^b

[31]

 Napier grass

Hydrothermal process with phosphoric acid

77.2 ± 2.2

[32]

 Corncobs

Dilute acid hydrolysis

85.4^b

[5]

Enzymatic method

 Corncobs

Endo-xylanase and Rex (P. barengoltzii), steam explosion using AEW

83 ± 0.3

This study

 Corncobs

Endo-xylanase (P. barengoltzii) and β-xylosidase (P. thermophila), steam explosion using AEW

80 ± 0.5

This study

 Eucalyptus grandis wood xylan

Endo-xylanase and β-xylosidase (A. pullulans), alkali extraction

81.2 ± 1.5

[35]

 Beechwood xylan

Endo-xylanase (A. flavithermus) and β-xylosidase (S. solfataricus)

63.6^b

[46]

 Corncobs

Endo-xylanase and β-xylosidase (C. clariflavum), alkali extraction

60.9^b

[36]

 Oat spelt xylan

Endo-xylanase and β-xylosidase (P. janczewskii)

42.8^b

[11]

 Barely straw

Endo-xylanase and β-xylosidase (P. chrysosporium), alkali extraction

7.4 ± 0.03

[10]

 Wheat bran

Endo-xylanase and β-xylosidase (T. thermophiles), alkali extraction

6.3^b

[9]