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. 2014 Sep 24;7:134. doi: 10.1186/s13068-014-0134-6

Table 3.

Cellulose structure and enzymatic digestibility

Pretreatment Allomorph CrI (%) Water contact angle a ( o ) Surface area (m 2 /g) Cellulose conversion b (%)
[BMIM]Cl II 20 29.5 ± 0.6 8.47 99 ± 4
EDA III 55 58.4 ± 0.9 0.08 74 ± 2
NaOH II 46 47.9 ± 0.4 0.06 76 ± 3
No treatment Iα 61 60.7 ± 0.8 - 62 ± 2
Glycerol Iβ 69 66.0 ± 0.7 - 43 ± 2

aThe reproducibility of cellulose water contact angle was conducted in triplicate.

bThe reproducibility of cellulose conversion was conducted in triplicate.