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. 2020 Jan 7;9(1):60. doi: 10.3390/foods9010060

Table 3.

Structural carbohydrates composition of pineapple by-products (peels and stems) of the solid fraction (press cake).

Solid Fraction (Press Cake) Cellulose (% w/w) Hemicellulose (% w/w) Lignin (% w/w)
Glucose Total Xylose Galactose Arabinose Mannose Insoluble Soluble
Stems 23.88 a ± 0.22 20.68 ± 0.34 11.05 b ± 0.22 3.24 a ± 0.05 3.67 a ± 0.10 2.72 a ± 0.02 24.25 b ± 1.31 3.03 a ± 0.11
Peels 17.41 b ± 1.73 19.96 ± 0.38 13.80 a ± 0.19 2.76 b ± 0.04 2.53 b ± 0.38 0.91 b ± 0.14 25.66 a ± 1.20 3.61 a ± 0.26

a, b The differences between the means in the same column labeled with different superscripts are statistically significant (p > 0.05). Analysis of variance was used to estimate the differences between samples. Shapiro–Wilk test was used. Values were expressed as average ± standard deviation.