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. 2015 Dec 9;5:17538. doi: 10.1038/srep17538

Table 1. Components of tropical biomass wastes (wt%)a.

Biomass Glucan (%) Xylan (%) Arabian (%) Mannosan (%) Lignin (%) Ash (%) Extractives (%)
Bagasse 40.1 ± 2.1 18.5 ± 0.8 4.4 ± 2.3 3.2 ± 0.8 20.7 ± 3.1 3.7 ± 0.9 9.8 ± 3.1
Jatropha hulls 34.1 ± 1.8 10.3 ± 1.5 3.7 ± 1.3 1.0 ± 0.6 18.4 ± 2.0 3.2 ± 0.8 16.8 ± 0.6
Plukenetia hulls 30.5 ± 1.6 15.1 ± 0.5 2.7 ± 1.9 1.2 ± 2.5 17.3 ± 1.7 4.7 ± 2.7 17.6 ± 1.8

aBy NRNL method25 analyzed with 2 repeats.