Table 1.

Fate of the polysaccharide glucan and xylan initially present in washed lime-treated wheat straw after 53 hours of simultaneous saccharification and fermentation

	Fraction	Glucan (% by weight)	Xylanc (% by weight)
Hydrolysis products	Polysaccharides (insoluble)a	25	26
	Oligosaccharides (soluble)	6	52
	Monosaccharides (soluble)	1	24
Fermentation products	Ethanol and carbon dioxide (soluble)	48	---
	Glycerol (soluble)	5	---
Unaccounted forb	(Insoluble/soluble)	15	---

^aA portion of the initial polysaccharides remained as insoluble polysaccharides.

^bA portion of the initial polysaccharides were not recovered.

^cXylan-derived sugars were not converted by yeast.