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Table 1 Chemical compositions of corn stover, wheat straw, reed straw, and elephant grass (%)

From: Enzymatic sugar production from elephant grass and reed straw through pretreatments and hydrolysis with addition of thioredoxin-His-S

 

Cellulose

Lignin

Hemicellulose

Soluble acid

Insoluble acid

Total

Corn stover

32.56

1.66

15.49

17.14

13.97

Wheat straw

35.37

1.38

20.15

21.53

15.51

Reed straw

38.52

1.03

25.59

26.62

18.85

Elephant grass

40.30

0.80

20.87

21.68

9.19