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Table 1 Chemical composition of rice straw before and after alkali pretreatment

From: Saccharification of rice straw by cellulase from a local Trichoderma harzianum SNRS3 for biobutanol production

Pretreatment

*Cellulose (%)

*Hemicelluloses (%)

*Lignin (%)

*Ash (%)

Untreated

39.74 ± 3.69

26.03 ± 0.30

9.22 ± 3.01

12.48 ± 0.38

2% (w/v) NaOH

70.9 ± 0.81

17.63 ± 3.07

3.78 ± 0.95

1.55 ± 0.05

  1. *Results are based on the mass of dry matter.
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