Research Article

Structural Analysis of Alkaline Pretreated Rice Straw for Ethanol Production

Table 1

Recovery of total solids, glucan, xylan, and residual lignin contents in untreated and pretreated RS.

Pretreatment methodSolid recovery (%)Glucan (%)Xylan (%)Lignin (%)
ContentRecoveryContentRecoveryContentRemoval

Untreated10032.212.421.1
aRS68.044.393.613.372.912.260.7