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Table 4 The release of pCA during pretreatment, the recovery of the solid residue and the content of each component in solid residues

From: Alkaline organosolv pretreatment of different sorghum stem parts for enhancing the total reducing sugar yields and p-coumaric acid release

Materials

Solid recovery (%)

Released pCA (%)

Composition

Glucan (%)

Xylan (%)

Arabinan (%)

Lignin (%)

NaOH–ethanol

 Pith

59.48 ± 0.54

94.07 ± 1.34

56.15 ± 0.72

23.90 ± 0.27

2.95 ± 0.14

5.40 ± 0.16

 Rind

75.85 ± 0.71

97.24 ± 2.11

50.82 ± 0.17

20.21 ± 0.93

2.45 ± 0.07

10.81 ± 0.09

 Whole stem

68.52 ± 0.59

95.05 ± 1.57

51.98 ± 1.04

21.96 ± 0.12

2.73 ± 0.20

6.32 ± 0.21

NaOH

 Pith

55.74 ± 1.16

86.97 ± 0.79

54.10 ± 0.35

17.26 ± 1.12

2.64 ± 0.23

7.49 ± 1.06

 Rind

73.42 ± 0.78

89.72 ± 1.96

48.63 ± 1.86

18.14 ± 0.89

2.12 ± 0.11

13.39 ± 0.95

 Whole stem

64.34 ± 0.94

87.69 ± 1.63

51.60 ± 1.03

17.21 ± 0.67

2.34 ± 0.18

9.67 ± 0.64

  1. NaOH–ethanol pretreatment was performed under the following conditions: 1.63% NaOH, 70% ethanol, 66 °C, 3.18 h; 1.90% NaOH, 70% ethanol, 69.8 °C, 1.00 h and 1.46% NaOH, 70% ethanol, 70 °C, 2.19 h for the pith, rind and whole stem, respectively. NaOH pretreatment was performed under the same conditions, except that 70% ethanol was not included