Experimental data on removal of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin as means of ±SDs of three replicates.

	Hemicellulose removal (%)	Lignin removal (%)	Cellulose removal (%)
Pretreatment temperature (°C): 2.0% NaOH, 48 hours, 1/5 S/L
25	26 ± 0.001	26 ± 0.0031	56 ± 0.003
30	30 ± 0.004	37 ± 0.0054	61 ± 0.001
35	24 ± 0.003	28 ± 0.002	62 ± 0.021
40	22 ± 0.002	23 ± 0.0012	65 ± 0.031
Pretreatment time (hours): 30 °C, 2.0% NaOH, 1/5 S/L
24	28 ± 0.003	27 ± 0.0021	78 ± 0.005
48	30 ± 0.0021	31 ± 0.019	70 ± 0.011
72	35 ± 0.0421	40 ± 0.0321	66 ± 0.023
96	27 ± 0.0023	34 ± 0.0023	62 ± 0.003
Solid to liquid ratio (S/L): 72 hours, 30 °C, 2.0% NaOH
1/5	36 ± 0.018	46 ± 0.014	75 ± 0.041
1/10	45 ± 0.0341	52 ± 0.0319	71 ± 0.003
1/15	31 ± 0.013	41 ± 0.023	68 ± 0.037
NaOH concentration (%): 1/10 S/L, 30 °C, 72 hours
2	45 ± 0.016	42 ± 0.0012	80 ± 0.145
4	50 ± 0.178	55 ± 0.013	72 ± 0.003
6	65 ± 0.2 56	58 ± 0.280	72 ± 0.031
8	52 ± 0.145	53 ± 0.164	74 ± 0.176
10	35 ± 0.003	48 ± 0.004	81 ± 0.003