Table 1.

Chemical composition of BSG sample.

		BSG Mass Content (%, DRY Weight Basis) a	Zeko-Pivač et al. (%, Dry Weight Basis) [56]	Ribeiro-Sanches et al. (%, Dry Weight Basis) [3]
Extractives		6.8 ± 0.7	nr b	7.99 ± 0.06
Protein (Kjeldahl)		17.5 ± 0.5	20.93 ± 2.38	21.26 ± 0.12
Klason lignin		15.8 ± 0.3	11.41 ± 6.76	16.81 ± 0.14
Monosaccharides	Glucose	21.42 ± 4.81	17.50 ± 0.05	21.7 ± 1.4
	Xylose	nr	24.82 ± 0.29	13.6 ± 0.8
	Rhamnose and arabinose	10.37 ± 10.17	4.81 ± 0.01	5.6 ± 0.4
	Galactose	nr	nr	nr
	Mannose	nr	nr	nr
Elemental analysis	C	nr	nr	nr
	N	nr	nr	nr
	H	nr	nr	nr
Protein (elemental analysis)		20.0	nr	nr

^a three replicates. ^b not reported.