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. 2017 Oct 23;10:241. doi: 10.1186/s13068-017-0927-5

Table 3.

Chemical composition of dominant components in the dry corn stover before and after pretreatment

Solid recovery/% Glucan/wt% Xylan/wt% Lignin/wt%
Untreated corn stover / 38.90 ± 0.04 24.77 ± 0.01 18.42 ± 0.27
Pretreated corn stover 60.0 48.35 ± 0.06 28.92 ± 0.05 13.12 ± 0.03

Pretreatment conditions: 20 wt% biomass loading, 80 wt% [Ch][α-Kg] (40 wt% in H2O), 120 °C, 4 h