Table 3.

Hydroxycinnamic acid composition of sugarcane bagasse samples obtained from experimental sugarcane hybrids ranked by their lignin content

Clone	Hydroxycinnamic acids, g/100g of untreated bagasse
	Released by mild alkali treatment			Released by severe alkali treatment
	Ferulic	Coumaric	Sum	Ferulic	Coumaric	Sum
89	0.50 ± 0.01a,b,c,d,f,h,i,j,k,l	1.8 ± 0.1a,d,f,h,l	2.3 ± 0.1a,d,f,l	1.1 ± 0.1a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l	3.9 ± 0.5a,c,d,f,h,j,k	5.0 ± 0.5a,c,d,f,h,i,j,k
146	0.59 ± 0.02b,c,e,g,h,i,j,k,m	2.5 ± 0.2b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m	3.1 ± 0.2b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,m	1.4 ± 0.1b,e,f,g,h,l,m	6.2 ± 0.5b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m	7.6 ± 0.5b,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m
58	0.59 ± 0.01c,e,g,h,i,j,k,m	2.6 ± 0.1c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,m	3.2 ± 0.1c,d,e,g,h,i,j,k,m	0.8 ± 0.2c,d,f,i,j,k	4.4 ± 1.2c,d,e,f,h,i,j,k,l	5.2 ± 1.2c,d,f,h,i,j,k
53	0.49 ± 0.02d,f,h,i,j,k,l	2.2 ± 0.1d,e,f,h,i,j,k,l,m	2.7 ± 0.1d,f,h,i,j,k,l	0.9 ± 0.1d,f,h,i,j,k	4.6 ± 0.9d,e,f,h,i,j,k,l	5.5 ± 0.9d,f,h,i,j,k,l
166	0.63 ± 0.05e,g,h,i,m	2.8 ± 0.3e,g,h,i,j,k,m	3.4 ± 0.3e,g,h,i,j,k,m	1.4 ± 0.1e,f,g,h,l,m	6.2 ± 0.2e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m	7.6 ± 0.2e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m
87	0.42 ± 0.04f,j,l	2.1 ± 0.3f,h,i,k,l	2.5 ± 0.3f,h,k,l	1.1 ± 0.1f,g,h,i,j,k,l	5.7 ± 0.9f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m	6.8 ± 0.9f,g,h,i,j,k,l
321	0.65 ± 0.01g,m	2.9 ± 0.1g,h,i,j,k,m	3.6 ± 0.1g,h,i,j,k,m	1.4 ± 0.1g,h,l,m	6.8 ± 0.5g,h,i,j,k,l,m	8.2 ± 0.5g,h,i,j,k,l,m
50	0.55 ± 0.03h,i,j,k,l,m	2.4 ± 0.2h,i,j,k,l,m	3.0 ± 0.2h,i,j,k,l,m	1.2 ± 0.1h,i,j,k,l	5.2 ± 0.4h,i,j,k,l	6.4 ± 0.4h,i,j,k,l
8	0.55 ± 0.07i,j,k,l,m	2.7 ± 0.4i,j,k,m	3.3 ± 0.4i,j,k,m	1.0 ± 0.1i,j,k	6.0 ± 0.2i,j,k,l,m	7.0 ± 0.2i,j,k,l
121	0.50 ± 0.04j,k,l	2.8 ± 0.3j,k,m	3.3 ± 0.3j,k,m	0.9 ± 0.1j,k	5.8 ± 0.5j,k,l,m	6.7 ± 0.5j,k,l
140	0.53 ± 0.02k,l,m	2.6 ± 0.1k,m	3.0 ± 0.1k,l,m	1.0 ± 0.1k	5.2 ± 0.3k,l	6.2 ± 0.3k,l
MB‡	0.47 ± 0.01l	1.9 ± 0.1l	2.4 ± 0.1l	1.4 ± 0.2l,m	6.1 ± 0.8l,m	7.5 ± 0.8l,m
RC§	0.62 ± 0.01m	2.8 ± 0.1m	3.4 ± 0.1m	1.7 ± 0.2m	7.5 ± 1.0m	9.2 ± 1.0m

*Data are mean ± standard deviation.

†. The same as the Table 1 footnote

‡Mill bagasse.

§Reference cultivar.