Table 3 |
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Composition of the solid fraction of pretreated sugar cane leaves in percentage of dry matter before enzymatic hydrolysis |
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Steam pretreatment conditions |
Glucan |
Xylan |
Lignin |
pH |
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190°C/5 min |
39.2 |
19.7 |
35.0 |
4.5 |
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210°C/5 min |
40.7 |
7.4 |
33.8 |
4.0 |
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220°C/5 min |
53.7 |
2.2 |
37.9 |
3.5 |
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190°C/5 min/SO2 |
52.3 |
8.7 |
33.6 |
2.0 |
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190°C/5 min/CO2 |
39.2 |
19.2 |
30.0 |
4.5 |
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200°C/5 min/CO2 |
43.6 |
16.7 |
29.2 |
4.5 |
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210°C/5 min/CO2 |
50.9 |
9.7 |
35.0 |
4.0 |
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220°C/5 min/CO2 |
52.7 |
4.2 |
41.5 |
3.5 |
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220°C/5 min/CO2 (cut leaves) |
53.8 |
2.9 |
37.8 |
3.5 |
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Ferreira-Leitão et al. Biotechnology for Biofuels 2010 3:7 doi:10.1186/1754-6834-3-7 |
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