Table 3.
Macromolecular composition of BSG before and after aqueous ammonia soaking (AAS) pretreatment
| Solid compositionb |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SRa (%) | Lignin (%) | Glucan (%) | Xylan (%) | Arabinan (%) | |
| BSG untreated | - | 12.8 | 27.5 | 28.8 | 4.32 |
| BSG AAS | 59.96 | 2.09 | 25.9 | 23.3 | 3.26 |
Solid remaining after reaction.
Solid percentage composition based on oven dry untreated biomass.