Table 1.

Compositional profile^∗ of the selected root processing residues (expressed as g/100 g dry basis).

Parameters	SP peel	EFY peel	Tannia peel	GY peel	BR Peel
Cellulose	13.31 ± 0.03	15.63 ± 0.20	17.32 ± 0.34	18.02 ± 0.58	18.94 ± 0.20
Hemicellulose	13.32 ± 0.14	14.00 ± 0.00	14.48 ± 0.35	20.02 ± 0.57	19.17 ± 0.55
Starch	32.05 ± 0.09	28.96 ± 0.42	30.46 ± 0.37	28.84 ± 0.44	27.13 ± 0.00
Lignin	8.15 ± 0.43	7.01 ± 0.13	8. 26 ± 0.11	6.72 ± 0.17	3.87 ± 0.34
Ash	3.77 ± 0.15	9.67 ± 0.12	5.27 ± 0.31	3.29 ± 0.24	5.66 ± 0.10
Total sugars	11.21 ± 0.01	5.53 ± 0.05	2.42 ± 0.05	4.33 ± 0.00	17.07 ± 0.12
Reducing sugars	6.22 ± 0.03	2.58 ± 0.00	1.34 ± 0.00	2.17 ± 0.00	6.91 ± 0.04

^∗Mean ± SD from three replicates; Source: (Mithra and Padmaja, 2016a, 2017a).