Table 1.
Proximate compositions (dry weight basis) of alkaline extracted wheat bran arabinoxylan, maize bran arabinoxylan, and dried distillers grain arabinoxylan.
| Moisture (%) |
Ash (%) |
Protein (%) |
Arabinoxylan (%) |
Molecular Weight (g/mol) |
Polydispersity index |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat bran arabinoxylan | 12.62 | 8.55 | 13.62 | 72.94 | 7.12 × 106 | 1.59 |
| Maize bran arabinoxylan | 11.11 | 1.22 | 3.89 | 84.71 | 7.70 × 106 | 1.27 |
| Dried distillers grain arabinoxylan | 6.31 | 1.89 | 14.95 | 58.05 | 5.90 × 106 | 1.04 |
| LSD (p < 0.05) | 1.39 | 0.06 | 1.31 | 2.97 | 0.60 × 105 | 0.23 |
| LSD (p < 0.01) | 2.56 | 0.11 | 2.40 | 5.45 | 0.80 × 105 | 0.31 |
LSD: Least Significant Difference.