Table 1.

Sugar and lignin compositions of rice straw, expressed as percentages of dry matter

	Pentose		Hexose				Total	Lignin		Ash
	Arabinose	Xylose	Rhamnose	Mannose	Galactose	Glucose		Acid insoluble	Acid soluble
Control	3.3 ± 0.2	20.7 ± 0.2	0.3 ± 0.0	0.5 ± 0.2	1.2 ± 0.2	41.7 ± 2.2	67.8 ± 3.2	13.0 ± 0.2	2.3 ± 0.1	11.0 ± 0.5
Popping	1.8 ± 0.0**	19.3 ± 0.2**	0.4 ± 0.0	0.5 ± 0.0	0.9 ± 0.2	41.5 ± 3.6	64.5 ± 4.5	12.2 ± 0.7	2.1 ± 0.1	11.4 ± 0.1

**P < 0.01.