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Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 3 Composition of wheat straw and isolated cellulose

From: Simultaneous isolation of cellulose and lignin from wheat straw and catalytic conversion to valuable chemical products

Sample

Component content (wt%)

Cellulose

Hemicellulose

Lignin

Ash

Wheat straw

52.4

18.2

18.8

3.7

EWS

56.0

19.5

20.1

4.0

Cellulosea,b

78.8

3.9

12.1

3.1

Cellulosea,c

76.4

3.5

12.7

2.8

Cellulosea,d

79.1

4.3

11.7

2.9

  1. aReaction conditions: 150 °C for 6 h with 0.5 wt% H2SO4 in organic/H2O mixture (1:2, v/v)
  2. bEthanol/H2O as solvent
  3. cMethanol/H2O as solvent
  4. d1,4-dioxane /H2O as solvent
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