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Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 1 Chemical composition and moisture content of reed and rice straw powders after high-temperature extrusion pretreatment

From: Enhanced saccharification of reed and rice straws by the addition of β-1,3-1,4-glucanase with broad substrate specificity and calcium ion

Samples

Cellulose (%)

Hemicellulose (%)

Lignin (%)

Ash (%)

Moisture content (%)

Reed straw

 Untreated

40.2

20.8

22.9

4.6

2.53

 Pretreated

54.7

19.8

20.2

0.9

74.4

Rice straw

 Untreated

36.8

21.7

18.9

12.3

2.13

 Pretreated

56.9

23.8

10.8

5.2

74.7

  1. Pretreatment was carried out as described in the “materials and methods” section
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