Table 2.
Diversity of chemical composition of fibres extracted from different hemp varieties with use of water retting: Beniko, Wojko, Tygra and Białobrzeskie. Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD). Lowercase letters indicate significant differences at p ≤ 0.05 according to the Tukay’s HSD test [30].
| Variety | Content of: | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waxes and Fats (n = 3) |
Pectin (n = 5) |
Lignin (n = 3) |
Cellulose (n = 3) |
Hemicellulose (n = 3) |
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| % | ±SD | % | ±SD | % | ±SD | % | ±SD | % | ±SD | |
| Beniko | 0.23 a | 0.01 | 1.47 | 0.09 | 2.81 a | 0.29 | 71.31 a | 1.32 | 15.03 a | 0.02 |
| Wojko | 0.24 a | 0.04 | 0.67 a | 0.02 | 3.02 a | 0.31 | 72.53 a | 0.11 | 16.67 | 0.24 |
| Tygra | 0.25 a | 0.04 | 0.56 | 0.00 | 2.78 a | 0.28 | 70.79 a | 0.13 | 15.00 a | 0.28 |
| Białobrzeskie | 0.34 | 0.02 | 0.67 | 0.02 | 2.38 a | 0.22 | 72.03 a | 0.22 | 14.37 | 0.29 |