Table 8.
Lignocellusic biomass (cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin composition of different plant feedstocks.
| Species | Example | Cellulose | Hemicellulose | Lignin | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edible crops | Sugar beet | 20.0 | 25.0 | 20.0 | (Câmara-Salim et al., 2021; Turcios et al., 2021) |
| Sunflower | 25.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | ||
| Maize | 33.8 | 25.4 | 8.6 | ||
| Corn stover | 38.0 | 28.0 | 7.0 | ||
| Alfalfa | 34.4 | 6.7 | 7.2 | ||
| Halophytes | |||||
| Halopyrum mucronatum | 37.0 | 28.7 | 5.0 | [31–33] | |
| Panicum turgidum | 28.0 | 28.0 | 6.0 | ||
| Phragmites karka | 26.0 | 29.0 | 10.3 | ||
| Typha domingensis | 26.3 | 38.7 | 4.7 | ||
| Desmostachya bipinnata | 26.7 | 24.7 | 6.7 | ||