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Table 3 Chemical composition of residual solids after sugarcane bagasse pretreatment and GAX extraction by varied methods

From: Xylan extraction from pretreated sugarcane bagasse using alkaline and enzymatic approaches

Residual solids after GAX extraction

Crude yield (%)

Lignin (%)

Glucan (%)

Xylan (%)

Arabinosyl groups (%)

Hoije method

43.7

7.2 ± 0.7

74.2 ± 0.4

14.7 ± 0.2

0.5 ± 0.1

Lopez method

45.2

10.5 ± 0.4

78.9 ± 0.4

9.2 ± 0.2

0.3 ± 0.0

Enzymatic method

67.9

15.4 ± 0.2

50.8 ± 0.6

22.1 ± 0.2

2.3 ± 0.0