Table 2.
Carbohydrate composition of flax core cells.
| Plant fraction1 |
Carbohydrate level (mg/g) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uronic acid | Rhamnose | Arabinose | Xylose | Mannose | Galactose | Glucose | |
| Core (N) | 0.3 ± 0 | 17.3 ± 3.1 | 9.4 ± 2.5 | 166.5 ± 0.7 | 13.1 ± 0 | 8.8 ± 1.6 | 270.0 ± 11.3 |
| Core (A) | 0.3 ± 0.2 | 10.1 ± 4.1 | 7.2 ± 0.3 | 136.5 ± 3.5 | 14.7 ± 4.0 | 9.8 ± 2.2 | 277.0 ± 26.9 |
| Core (A) d | 0.2 ± 0 | 6.4 ± 0.2 | 3.8 ± 0 | 132.5 ± 17.7 | 9.4 ± 3.9 | 5.9 ± 0 | 247.0 ± 44.5 |
1The core and fiber materials were hand separated from plant stems. (N) is the cultivar Nastasja, which was grown in South Carolina. (A) is the cultivar Ariane grown commercially and supplied by Van de Bilt Zaden b.v. Sluiskil, The Netherlands. d: dew-retted by Van de Bilt.
Data adapted from [24].