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. 2010 Jun 25;3:14. doi: 10.1186/1754-6834-3-14

Table 2.

Composition of the raw material (spruce) and the washed fibers from the two batches of pretreated slurry

Component Amount, % of dry matter
Raw material Washed pretreated material
Batch 1 Batch 2
Glucan 44.9 ± 0.1 46.7 ± 1.5 53.4 ± 0.4
Mannan 12.0 ± 0.0 1.9 ± 0.3 0.7 ± 0.0
Xylan 5.2 ± 0.0 1.6 ± 0.1 0.4 ± 0.0
Galactan 2.2 ± 0.0 1.2 ± 0.1 0.1 ± 0.0
Arabinan 2.0 ± 0.0 1.2 ± 0.0 0.0 ± 0.0
Lignin 31.1 ± 1.2 44.9 ± 2.6 45.3 ± 0.2