. 2022 Mar 3;15(5):1901. doi: 10.3390/ma15051901

Table 1.

Chemical composition of hemp fibres based on the different literature resources ¹ [43], ² [44], ³ [30], ⁴ [31], ⁵ [18], ⁶ [45], ⁷ [38], ⁸ [46].

Cellulose	Hemicelluloses	Pectin	Lignin	Fat/Wax
[%]	[%]	[%]	[%]	[%]
67–75 ¹	16–18 ¹	0.8 ¹	3.0–5.0 ¹	0.7 ¹
67 ²	16 ²	0.8 ²	3.3 ²	0.7 ²
66.0–72.5 ³	14–22 ³	0.6–3.5 ³	2.4–5.5 ³	0.2–0.5 ³
67–78 ⁴	16–18 ⁴	0.8 ⁴	3.5–5.5 ⁴	0.7 ⁴
68 ⁵	15 ⁵	0.8 ⁵	10 ⁵
52–58 ⁶	15–18 ⁶	4–10 ⁶	3–6 ⁶
75 ⁷		9.5 ⁷
71.41 ⁸			6.59 ⁸